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STEM is Losing Male LGBQ Undergrads
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Montana State University professor Bryce Hughes recently conducted a study providing quantitative evidence that science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields have a problem retaining men who identify as part of the LGBQ community, while LGBQ women are actually more likely to persist in STEM fields than their heterosexual peers.
The study examined a 2015 survey of 4,162 college seniors at 78 U.S. institutions, about 8 percent of whom identified as LGBQ. Hughes says all of the students had declared an intention to stay in STEM, but only 71 percent of heterosexual students and 64 percent of LGBQ students remained in the field.
Deeper investigation by Hughes determined heterosexual men were 17 percent more likely to stay in STEM than their LGBQ male counterparts. However, the reverse was true for women, as LGBQ women were 18 percent more likely than heterosexual women to remain in STEM.
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