Indiana, Girls and STEM Education: An Infographic
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Indiana, Girls and STEM • 7% of the Population in the state are girls • Biology • Chemistry • Physics • Medicine • Engineering • Math • Computer Science • Allied Health
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This is an infographic which discusses the state of Indiana, Girls, and STEM Education in 2013. This is part of the #STEMPrincess project on Kickstarter in October, 2013: http://kck.st/16De3lT .
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Indiana, Girls and STEM
• 7% of the Population in the state are girls ages 10-19.1
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Medicine
• Engineering
• Math
• Computer
Science
• Allied Health
STEM - by 2018:• Indiana will be ranked #21 in
projected STEM jobs, and will need 123,000 STEM workers.2
Majority of jobsin STEM by 2018will be in Computing & Engineering.2
But, Girls’ interests in Computing & Engineering areactually DECREASING.3
Girls v. Boys in Indiana: 2012 AP Testing in STEM
Boys out performed girls on ALL STEM AP Examsin Indianain 2012.4
Girls’ perceptions of STEM
• “57% of girls aged 14-17 believe they’d have to work harder than a man to be taken seriously in a STEM job.”5
• Male students are over 3 times more likely to be interested in STEM majors/careersthan female students.6
Why do girls need STEM?
• Indiana currently has the 6th widest pay
gap in the country. For every dollar a man makes in Indiana, a woman makes only 73 cents.7
• Women with STEM jobs earned 33% more than comparable women in non-STEM jobs. The gender wage gap is smaller in STEM careers for women.8
$1.00 > 0.73
How Do We Fix This? • “To get girls hooked on STEM,
you have to reach them BEFORE middle school, when their interest in math and science often wanes.”9
• Support the #STEM Princess Project on Kickstarter:10
http://kck.st/16De3lT
References1. St. Mary’s College – The Status of Girls in Indiana: http://bit.ly/1btNlNg. 2. STEMConnector and MyCollegeOptions: http://bit.ly/1cgCOp3. 3. Ibid.4. Source: AP College Board Data, 2012 by State: http://bit.ly/17FA40U. 5. Girl Scout Research Institute, Generation STEM Report: http://bit.ly/1gdOMQr. 6. STEMConnector and MyCollegeOptions: http://bit.ly/1cgCOp3. 7. The States Where Women Make the Most (and Least) Compared to Men, The Atlantic: http://bit.ly/188RLoX. 8. U.S. Department of Commerce, The State of our Union’s 21st Century Workforce.9. Hour Detroit, Getting Girls Hooked on STEM Careers: http://bit.ly/YTo7yl. 10. Getting Girls Excited about STEM: A Kickstarter Children’s Book Project: The Amazing Adventures of the Princesses from Planet STEM: http://kck.st/16De3lT.
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