WiCipedia: Minority numbers in STEM studies still lag
This week in our WiCipedia roundup: STEM college numbers aren't adding up; Tesla's first diversity report; women on the moon; and more. A new study from the Center for an Urban Future found that the public City University of New York (CUNY) nearly doubled the amount of STEM graduates in the past decade, but racial and gender disparities persisted, The City reported. Women make up 58% of the CUNY student population, and Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) students make up 55% of the population, but those same groups only represent 19% and 31% of the STEM program, respectively. While ...