Or, under.
Or, under.
Women are already a majority in nearly all universities
The simple fact is - given the complete freedom to choose, women do not choose STEM or Engineering in large numbers.
Well ..... “MATH IS HARD”.
So these sexist loser “professors” believe women are idiots and need some sort of affirmative action. If this happens, then we would have unqualified people engineering things that likely would fail. Way to go, nitwit “professors”.
In other words, a study finds that women are intellectually not capable of mastering STEM subjects.
What a bunch of sexists.
The only reason that I didn’t have a straight A average in college is that I had to take non-science classes.
Changing STEM to STEAM apparently didn’t help.
This is not as stupid as it sounds.
STEM programs often use “weed-out” classes, where it’s very difficult to get a decent grade. Students who are mediocre, but committed as hell to succeeding in STEM will take the C-, or maybe even repeat the class several times to pass. Students who feel less like they belong, on the other hand, will drop the class if they fear the B will mess up their GPA. And women are much more likely to fall in that second category.
That’s not treating everyone equally or fairly.
“equalize average grades across classes”
They could also accomplish this by giving harder grades in non-STEM classes, to match the STEM standards. That way they could leave the grown-ups in peace, to get some work done.
You can bet that if this new grade system happens, most entities (local, state, and federal) which control bridge building and maintenance will require contractors to hire students from universities which complied with the new policy. Otherwise, they will not be allowed to bid.
Why is it only a problem when some category is overrepresented with whites or males? Nobody worries about the obvious extreme racism in the NBA or the evidence of gender bias in the HR department or the hair salon. These people must be waycisssssts!
I’m 75. Graduated with an engineering degree many, many years ago. Only girl in the class. Nothing is stopping women except themselves. Oh yeh...and had a 3.8. ran a successful business for over 40 years.
if you cant do the freeking math you shouldn’t be designing things that could fail and kill people.
I’m sure this is already being done for members of certain minorities so as to raise the numbers of the graduation rate.
They were graduated from high school when they didn’t meet the qualifications. They were admitted to college although they didn’t meet the qualifications. They were promoted although they didn’t meet the qualifications.
I hope that one day the authors of this “study” are treated by a doctor who was given fake marks and who didn’t deserve to pass.
Gee, seems to me you could conclude with equally validity that grades should be toughened up in non-STEM classes so as to attract more men to fields that are disproportionately female.
2+2=5 according to liberals...but try to design a bridge based on that...NO THANKS
So, if a woman shows up with such a degree we can ignore it because it is not real?
You either know it’s delta H minus T delta S or you don’t.
Wait until they find out about the disparities in medical specialities. As examples:
Pediatrics is about three-quarters female; their residency generally runs about three years.
Most surgical specialities are more than three-quarters male; their residencies are mostly five to six years.
I’m sure they’ve got some wonderful fix for that circumstance as well - can’t wait to find out my surgeon has only had three years of training because we had to have the right mix of people in the business.
Bad enough we have to deal with inept programmers from India.