GSE/RES: Enhancing the Rigor of Evidence on Gendered Differences in STEM Persistence: Female and Male College Students' Subjective Experiences in Engineering and Computer Science

本研究项目将分析来自教育纵向研究和开始高等教育研究的数据，使用层次线性模型和倾向得分匹配方法来调查：(a)主观取向的性别差异如何随着时间的推移而变化，以及与完成中学和高等教育相关的入门课程有关，以及(b)这些取向如何影响计算机科学和工程领域的持久性。研究人员还将利用智能手机技术进行经验抽样方法，并从一年级本科生中获取与门户计算机科学和工程课程入学相关的主观经验数据。他们将结合从同一学生群体中获得的回顾性和行政数据来分析这些数据，以探索与(a)学生之间的关系？入学前选择的专业偏好，以及(b)他们在第二学年结束时申报的专业。女性在许多STEM领域，尤其是计算机科学和工程领域的代表性不足，仍然是一个引人注目的劳动力统计数据。本研究旨在提高我们对影响女性选择留在或离开计算机科学和工程职业轨迹的因素的理解。这些信息对于制定项目和政策至关重要，尤其是让女性能够顺利完成计算机科学和工程领域的本科课程。

This research project will analyze data from the Educational Longitudinal Study and the Beginning Postsecondary Study by using hierarchical linear modeling and propensity score matching methods to investigate: (a) how gendered differences in subjective orientations change over time in relation to completion of relevant gateway courses in secondary and postsecondary school, and (b) how these orientations influence persistence in computer science and engineering fields. The researchers will also be utilizing smart-phone technology to conduct experience sampling methods and obtain data on subjective experiences associated with enrollment in gateway computer science and engineering courses from first-year undergraduate students. They will analyze this data in combination with retrospective and administrative data obtained from the same student population to explore relationships with (a) students? initially selected preference for a major prior to matriculation, and (b) the majors they declare at the end of their second year of postsecondary study.The under-representation of females in many STEM fields, particularly computer science and engineering, continues to be a striking labor force statistic. This study is designed to improve our understanding of the factors influencing females choices to stay on or move off of carer trajectories in computer science and engineering. Such information is vital to devising programs and policies to keep females, in particular, on track to complete the undergraduate programs of study necessary to pursue careers in computer science and engineering.