Just a tad late for this discussion isn't it ?After observing the social engineering efforts of the past 40 years, I'm relatively certain the intended outcomes have already been decided.
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| 'Closing The Gender Gap' At Any Cost Threatens The Academic Integrity of STEM Education |
| 2020-01-08 |
| [The Mises Institute] The National Bureau of Economic Research recently published a study which concluded that the grading policies for STEM classes contribute to the gender gap in the STEM field. The study finds that STEM classes, on average, assign lower grades compared to non-STEM classes and that this tends to deter women enrolling. Women ‐ who value higher grades more than men ‐ are apparently put off by the lower average grades in STEM subjects. This is despite the fact that "women have higher grades in both STEM and non-STEM classes," according to the study. The study also shows that women are more likely to switch out of STEM than men. To increase female participation, the authors propose curving all courses to around a B. They estimate that this would increase female enrollment by 11.3 percent. This may seem like a noble endeavor, but it is based on a faulty premise, and it will have adverse effects. The authors aim to solve the problem of the gender gap in STEM, but they never explain why this should be a goal. Individuals have distinct abilities, and efforts to "equalize" their abilities and interests based on gender goes against this. That men have lower attrition rates in STEM should not necessarily be seen as an advantage. For example, another study by Karen Clark, a doctoral candidate at Liberty University, shows that women are, on average, more persistent than men in staying in college. This may be, in part, because they are more likely to avoid high-attrition courses of study like STEM. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #12 #10 Well, B, a lot of our STEM students are Chinese. Make them send more females for equality. Geez they have enough to fill who knows how many strip mall massage parlors. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-01-08 10:22 |
| #11 When I went to Engineering College in the late 70's-early '80s, there were few wymyns, but they were definitely qualified. Watering down the requirements is building failure into the output |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-01-08 10:13 |
| #10 STEM is yesterday's story. We get all of meds and technology based items from China. [Sarc tag added here] |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-01-08 09:36 |
| #9 This may seem like a noble endeavor, if you are a wooly headed, commie, SJW, left wing weenie. To anyone else it seems like a $#it-buger. efforts to "equalize" their abilities Harrison Bergeron to the courtesy phone. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2020-01-08 08:31 |
| #8 It would be so much easier to promise research grants to male scientists who agree to become female. Guaranteed to work. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2020-01-08 04:03 |
| #7 We need more female scientists! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB 2020-01-08 03:54 |
| #6 They learned nothing from lowering standards. These people actually believe in human sacrifice to their god (which is themselves). |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-01-08 03:52 |
| #5 .. also shows that women are more likely to switch out of STEM than men. To increase female participation, the authors propose no seats for women in Arts and Humanities courses, and legislation raising the requisite female age for marriage from 18 to 40. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2020-01-08 03:51 |
| #4 The most practical way of closing the gender gap is by introducing more transvestites. |
| Posted by: Glinter Jaique8353 2020-01-08 03:34 |
| #3 The "problem" is the grade is trying to do 2 things. 1) show competency. 2) show peer-ranking It CANNOT do that with one value. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-01-08 03:21 |
| #2 Please make sure that graduates of such programs have their diplomas, and their professional certificates, stamped with a (Scarlet) "E" for equalized diploma. Make sure that any surgical operation performed by "E"-diploma surgeons, and any bridge or plane designed by "E"-diploma engineers, be announced and labeled as such so that ordinary citizens whether or not to go under the "E" knife" or cross the "E" bridge or board the "E" plane. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-01-08 03:07 |
| #1 Just a tad late for this discussion isn't it ? After observing the social engineering efforts of the past 40 years, I'm relatively certain the intended outcomes have already been decided. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-01-08 02:57 |