ERIC Number: EJ1277632
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Dec
Pages: 5
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Where Do Women of Color Complete Physics Degrees?
Johnson, Angela; Young, Rose; Mulvey, Elizabeth
Physics Teacher, v58 n9 p620-624 Dec 2020
Between 2006 and 2016, women made up 19% of the U.S. citizens and permanent residents who received bachelor's degrees in physics. Women of Color (which includes women who indicated Black, Latina, American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Native Hawaiian, or mixed as their ethnicity or race) received 4% of all physics degrees; African American, Latina, and Native American (ALANA) women received 2%. ALANA women are more underrepresented in physics than in any of the other major STEM disciplines, including computer science and engineering.
Descriptors: Females, Minority Group Students, Physics, Bachelors Degrees, Disproportionate Representation, STEM Education
American Association of Physics Teachers. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740. Tel: 301-209-3300; Fax: 301-209-0845; e-mail: pubs@aapt.org; Web site: http://aapt.scitation.org/journal/pte
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: DUE1712531; SMA1933383; SMA1934298
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