#GoodRead | Where Women Thrive in STEM
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For too many students, college is a time to give up on dreams of pursuing a science, technology, engineering or math career – and this is especially true for women and minorities. From 2009 to 2013, approximately 22 percent of women entered college intending to major in STEM fields, but only 9 percent of women nationally actually earned a STEM degree.
But the STEM pipeline for women does not need to leak at the undergraduate level – and women's colleges may be able to show us how.