Who is getting the rest of the undergrad science degrees if Asians, Blacks, and Whites only account for 74% of them?
Why are there so few black people in STEM?
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#12Why are there so few white people in pro basketball?
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#13For the same reason there are so few poor whites in STEM. America's dysfunctional education funding. Make education funding federal, and have a nationwide push to have small classes and well funded schools for everybody, and this would be fixed in 10 years. As it is, rich districts pay more taxes and get better schools. Funny that.
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#14Who is getting the rest of the undergrad science degrees if Asians, Blacks, and Whites only account for 74% of them?
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#15Who is getting the rest of the undergrad science degrees if Asians, Blacks, and Whites only account for 74% of them?
it distinguishes between white (59.3), Asian (10.8), Black or African American (3.9), Hispanic or Latino (10.4), American Indian or Alaska Native (0.3) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (0.1) and Temporary visa holder (9.3) for Engineering
Edit: and More than one race, unknown, or other (5.9), adds up to 100
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#16Who is getting the rest of the undergrad science degrees if Asians, Blacks, and Whites only account for 74% of them?
Possibly Native Americans/First Peoples, Pacific Islanders, or individuals who self-identify by ethnicity rather than race on these types of reports.
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#17Who is getting the rest of the undergrad science degrees if Asians, Blacks, and Whites only account for 74% of them?
the numbers are from this source: https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf19304/digest/field-of-degree-m... it distinguishes between white (59.3), Asian (10.8), Black or African American (3.9), Hispanic or Latino (10.4), American Indian or Alaska Native (0.3) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (0.1) and Temporary visa holder (9.3) for Engineering Edit: and More than one race, unknown, or other (5.9), adds up to 100
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#18Why are there so few white people in pro basketball?
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#19Who is getting the rest of the undergrad science degrees if Asians, Blacks, and Whites only account for 74% of them?
Perhaps some come from the 2nd Largest demographic group, Latinx, (about 16% of the population). As another commenter said, that leaves about 9% who don’t fall into these major groups.
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#20This article says white people are underrepresented in earning science and engineering bachelor degrees. Lol.