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The BCLA - past,present and future

1996/01/01 by Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Catherine Riegle‐Crumb, Barbara King +2 · 38 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Career Development and Diversity #Computer science #Demographic economics #Demography #Diabetes and associated disorders #Educational attainment #Ethnic group #Higher Education Research Studies #Higher education #Mentoring and Academic Development #Persistence (discontinuity) #Political science #Postsecondary education #Psychology #Racial differences #Sociology #White (mutation)

paper · pdf · doi:10.3102/0013189x19831006

published in Centre for Health Research; Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation 48(3), 133-144 (SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

Informed by the theoretical lens of opportunity hoarding, this study considers whether STEM postsecondary fields stand apart via the disproportionate exclusion of Black and Latina/o youth. Utilizing national data from the Beginning Postsecondary Study (BPS), the authors investigate whether Black and Latina/o youth who begin college as STEM majors are more likely to depart than their White peers, either by switching fields or by leaving college without a degree, and whether patterns of departure in STEM fields differ from those in non-STEM fields. Results reveal evidence of persistent racial/ethnic inequality in STEM degree attainment not found in other fields.

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