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Kelly Lynn Mulvey; Jacqueline Cerda-Smith; Angelina Joy; Emine Ozturk – Social Development, 2025
During adolescence, individuals make key decisions about coursework, and career paths, including paths toward careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This study identified groups of adolescents who vary in STEM career interests, feelings of support, and perceptions of barriers in STEM and explored what factors predict…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, STEM Education, Science Interests, Vocational Interests
Piper Stanger – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Understanding how to foster belonging and ensure equitable engagement in STEM fields for diverse students is a critical need in education today. Despite substantial growth in the STEM workforce (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2023; NSF, 2023a), there remain persistent gender and racial/ethnic gaps in students' access to advanced STEM education,…
Descriptors: Sense of Belonging, High School Students, STEM Education, Mathematics Education
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Rebecca Bennett; Karin Strehlow; Braden Hill – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2022
Pre-university bridging programs can address the significant under-representation of Indigenous students in Australian universities by providing culturally supported alternative pathways into undergraduate study. However, successful completion of bridging programs does not always correlate with university enrolment for Indigenous students. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Transitional Programs
Melinda Ann Wallace – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Black women majoring in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields at predominantly White institutions (PWIs) experience a number of emotions as they navigate spaces and seek their identity. Black women experience greater challenges when striving for their sense of belonging while at PWIs than at Historically Black Colleges and…
Descriptors: African American Students, Females, Womens Education, STEM Education