Last data I saw showed females are already a MAJORITY of students taking STEM classes in college. The only Engineering degrees that they don’t dominate are Mechanical and Computer. And, they’re close in Mechanical.
It’s time to start focusing on the REAL problem: Why boys aren’t going to college.
If you read what you wrote, you can answer your own question. Why go if women are favored in the educational arena and increasingly in the private sector? Why bother entering an environment where they have all the power as a group?
My son was pursuing a degree in computers and math. He had ONE female student in his classes.
While women make up 47 percent of the US work force, they represent only 26 percent of people who work in STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math). Further, only 12 percent of female college students will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in science, and just 3 percent will continue to work in a STEM field 10 years after graduation.