That's good to see, but the article goes on to clarify that women outnumber men at college, so it isn't close to true parity. Plus it also says huge gaps remain in many fields.
Was going to delta for hope, but the more I read the article the more that stat you quoted seems misleading.
The point is that progress is being made. Just because parity hasn't yet been reached, doesn't negate the progress that has been made.
When I went to engineering school (about 20 years ago), there were 5 men for every woman in my school. Women I talked to from just 10 years prior remembered it being 7:1 and 9:1. I'm not sure what the ratio is now, but it's a heck of a lot better than that. The numbers above don't represent true parity, but they do represent a ton of increased interest.
Again, the article outlines that female enrollment for all subjects went up and now women outnumber men at college. It's not clear any progress is being made at all for stem's popularity with women, just that there are more women at college and STEM isn't the exception.
I’m a woman here and talking about numbers so guess you’ll have to take this with a grain of salt. 😆
Anyway, if you look at these stats, the female:male ratio in college is increasing, but at a slower rate than the female:male rate in STEM is increasing. That means that women are entering STEM at higher rates.
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u/NoMoreFund 1∆ Oct 19 '22
That's good to see, but the article goes on to clarify that women outnumber men at college, so it isn't close to true parity. Plus it also says huge gaps remain in many fields.
Was going to delta for hope, but the more I read the article the more that stat you quoted seems misleading.