<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/helping-students-stay-in-stem.php" dsn="blogs"><pubDate>08/09/2022</pubDate><title>Helping students stay in STEM</title><description>Although the demand for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) graduates continues to grow, it appears that students are withdrawing from these major concentrations at alarming rates, according to administrators.</description><introparagraph><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0">Although the demand for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0">and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0"> Math) graduates continue</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0">s </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0">to grow</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0">,</span></span><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0"> </span></span><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0">i</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0">t appears that students are withdrawing from these major concentrations at alarming rates, according to administrators.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0">Prerequisites</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0">, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0">advanced coursework</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0">, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0">concerns about </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0">GPA</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0"> and lack of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0">pre-college </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0">exposure can weigh heavily on a student’s decision to stay in a STEM </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50736012 BCX0">major.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW50736012 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{&#34;201341983&#34;:0,&#34;335559739&#34;:160,&#34;335559740&#34;:259}"> </span></introparagraph><image><img src="/news/images/student-in-stem.jpg" alt="Nyla Gilmore"/></image><tags><tag>academics</tag></tags></item>