STEM

Pushing back against stereotypes, students in the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program outperform students of all backgrounds in math and science.

Fewer females drop out of doctoral programs if they have a significant number of same-sex peers.

Being the unwanted object of affection can cause great personal discomfort, and even impact careers.

New research suggests lesbian, gay, and bisexual students are being driven out of STEM majors.

Today’s kids are less reflexively sexist than past generations. But the stereotype that all scientists are male remains stubbornly persistent.

New Israeli research finds a well-intentioned remark can trigger a negative reaction.

Science and tech jobs are among America's highest-paying and fastest-growing, but women and minorities in the field report they face unfair barriers in the workplace.

New research finds the stereotype that intellectual genius is a male trait can dampen females' interest in certain jobs or fields of study.

Forget the tut-tutting of politicians: The skills you learn in the humanities are exactly the skills you use in a job search.

What Donald Trump and the GOP get wrong about STEM guest workers.

English Ph.D.'s and astrophysicists unite! Devan Kreisberg explains that it’s not just the humanities that are under attack, but exploration for its own sake—and that anthropology and astronomy are equally at risk.

New research suggests that setting gender aside helps teachers increase opportunity for precocious students.

New research links women's poor performance on math tests with their wish to date a smarter man.

We asked an expert.

We must do more to fill the gender gap in tech leadership and venture capital.

Montana State University STEM departments now hire equal numbers of women and men, thanks to new procedures that raise awareness of gender issues.

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

One new study finds a strong link between how many female science majors a country has, and the stereotypes its citizens hold about gender and science.

A re-make of the hit MacGyver aims to do for women in engineering what Modern Family did for gay marriage. Can it work?

The demography of academic fields, and why women are more likely to participate in areas that are associated with hard work over any kind of luck.

A new study suggests the gender disparities in academia come from how much a field values raw talent.

How organizations are working to recruit men into a female-dominated field.

Don’t be afraid to stick with your liberal arts education. If history is any guide, it could be just as valuable as knowing how to write code.