The Sun – Beau Yarbrough
“Since 1979, the majority of college students have been women, according to the U.S. Department of Education. As of 2012, they make up 56.8 percent of all college students. But it’s not evenly distributed, with relatively few female students studying science, math, engineering and technology (STEM) majors: In 2007, women only earned 17 percent of the degrees in engineering, compared to 79 percent of the degrees in education, according to the Association of American Colleges and Universities. At Cal State San Bernardino, things are a bit better — 35 percent of the students in STEM majors are women — but university officials and the Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio hope to further improve those figures.”(more)