[This applies to gender quotas as well; despite dangling carrots in front of every female, they can’t get the into STEM fields in “acceptable” numbers. Now they’ve even corrupted it into “STEAM” - adding “arts” - so some of the funds can be diverted to “students” who can’t read or do math.]
Yeah, I started hearing it about a year ago when the STEM programs didn’t attract many preferred ethnic minorities and women. Enter “STEM versus STEAM” or something similar in your browser; it is pathetic.