Black women reported more interest in STEM fields than white women, O’Brien said, which the researchers had hypothesized before starting the analysis because of what earlier surveys had found.

About 19 percent of the white students declared as a STEM major, compared to 20 percent of Latinx students and 18 percent of black students. But the minority students left the major at far higher ...

Black and Latino college students transfer or drop out of STEM programs — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — at higher rates than their white peers, according to a recent study ...

An estimated 3.5 million jobs in STEM, or science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, reportedly need to be filled by 2025. Yet under 3% of the sector’s jobs are currently held by Black ...

Black women at the historically black university in the South were more likely to participate in STEM majors than their peers at the other institutions, the survey found.

STEM jobs are a bright spot in the economy—expected to grow three times faster than non-STEM jobs by 2033—but these careers are not within reach for everyone. Black women are underrepresented ...

While black, Hispanic and Native American students can apply regardless of family wealth — Asian and white schoolkids need to meet certain low-income criteria, the lawsuit filed in upstate New ...

Jordan Brown anchors the FOX8 Morning News and hosts "In Black and White," a segment that focuses on race and diversity in the Piedmont Triad and North Carolina. Contact: [email protected] Close ...

Hispanic and Black workers continue to be underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, workforce and education trends do not appear to show an increase, Pew Research ...

Currently, Black professionals make up only 9% of the STEM workforce. To combat this disparity, PepsiCo and the PepsiCo Foundation are investing $350,000 in financial support and resources for HBCUs.

INDIANAPOLIS — "Black women are just historically underrepresented in STEM," said Dr. India Johnson, with Butler University. She's one of the researchers working with a new grant to hopefully change ...