Gender Equity in College Majors: Looking beyond the STEM/Non-STEM Dichotomy for Answers Regarding Female Participation

Autor/inn/en	Ganley, Colleen M.; George, Casey E.; Cimpian, Joseph R.; Makowski, Martha B.
Titel	Gender Equity in College Majors: Looking beyond the STEM/Non-STEM Dichotomy for Answers Regarding Female Participation
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 55 (2018) 3, S.453-487 (35 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/0002831217740221
Schlagwörter	Majors (Students); Gender Differences; Sex Fairness; Females; Student Attitudes; Gender Bias; Predictor Variables; Undergraduate Students; Individual Differences; Longitudinal Studies; Student Characteristics; Correlation; Regression (Statistics); STEM Education; Humanities; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; Sexualaufklärung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Schülerverhalten; Geschlechterstereotyp; Prädiktor; Individueller Unterschied; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Korrelation; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; STEM; Geisteswissenschaften; Humanwissenschaften; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Women are underrepresented in many science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors and in some non-STEM majors (e.g., philosophy). Combining newly gathered data on students' perceptions of college major traits with data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), we find that perceived gender bias against women emerges as the dominant predictor of the gender balance in college majors. The perception of the major being math or science oriented is less important. We replicate these findings using a separate sample to measure college major traits. Results suggest the need to incorporate major-level traits in research on gender gaps in college major choices and the need to recognize the impact of perceptions of potential gender discrimination on college major choices. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01