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Borman, Trisha; Margolin, Jonathan; Garland, Marshall; Rapaport, Amie; Park, So Jun; LiCalsi, Christina – Texas Education Research Center, 2017
Hispanic students continue to be underrepresented among employees in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in the United States. Among students who decide to major in a postsecondary STEM field, Hispanic students persist at lower rates than non-Hispanic White students (Higher Education Research Institute, 2010). Concern…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, STEM Education, Majors (Students), Disproportionate Representation
Garland, Marshall; Rapaport, Amie – Texas Education Research Center, 2017
Although the percentage of high school students in advanced STEM courses has risen steadily in the past two decades throughout the United States, disparities persist across student subgroups, such as racial/ethnic groups (Aud et al., 2013; Laird, Alt, & Wu, 2009; Texas Education Agency, 2011). Racial/ethnic minority student enrollment in…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, STEM Education, Public Schools, High School Students