STEM careers are some of the highest-paying and fastest-growing in the U.S., yet women and minorities continue to be underrepresented in majors that lead to careers in these high-demand fields. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, women make up less than 25% of the STEM workforce and have not gained any considerable ground in recent decades, despite increases in the number of college-educated women joining the general workforce.
What’s more concerning about these figures is that Latinas, one of the nation’s fastest growing groups of girls and women, have even lower rates of participation and rank below other women in majoring and earning degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). READ MORE AT GOODCALL
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