A Statistical Metric of STEM Participation

What is it about?

We present a new statistical metric that quantifies the degree to which groups (e.g., underrepresented minorities, women) are over- or underrepresented in undergraduate STEM fields. We show that this metric reveals trends that are typically not discussed in STEM education policy. For example, while White and Asian Women have reached proportional representation (i.e., parity), Black, Hispanic, and Native American women have remained stagnant in their underrepresentation in STEM fields.

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Why is it important?

This metric adds a valuable insight that is typically missed in normal summary statistics of STEM education data.