My topic remains college major choices, specifically for woman(maybe in STEM) and how they correlate with woman in the workplace. In Google I searched college major choice for women, women and STEM majors, and college major gender gap. All three of these issues seem to be thoroughly discussed online. A scholarly article tittles Woman in STEM: A Gender Gap to Innovation (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers2.cfm?abstract_id=1964782) seems to be an important scholarly article because it discusses the under representation of woman in STEM majors.
It seems important to discuss that although woman majoring in STEM is increasing, they are still under represented in these majors despite the fact that they make up nearly half the college educated work force.
http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/48/3/545.short - I think this article is important because it argues that the college major gender gap is mainly due to difference in preference and tastes and not becomes of under confidence in women.
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ946204 - This article is interesting because it points out that it wouldn't just be helpful to woman but also to society as a whole to have more girls and woman in STEM fields.
It seems to be agreed that their is a gender gap in major choice and woman are under represented in STEM majors.
This is definitely still a timely and important topic. One thing you might give more thought to (or attention to as you read and do research) is why it is so important that women be more fully represented in STEM. One basic answer to that question is that women are already paid less than men even with similar qualifications -- but the gender pay gap gets amplified when women do not pursue the most lucrative majors, which are generally in STEM areas.
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