Gender gap in engineering narrows at UMaine, Press Herald editorial states
The Portland Press Herald published the editorial, “Gender gap in engineering narrows at UMaine.” Of all the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, engineering is one where women have long been underrepresented, and that remains true today, with just 20 percent of bachelor’s degrees in engineering going to women in 2015, according to the editorial. But the University of Maine is among the schools in the U.S. where women students are swiftly gaining ground, according to a recent Washington Post analysis. “Compared to other public schools, UMaine’s nationally prominent engineering program has reason to be proud,” the editorial states. “The female share of its engineering graduates in 2015 was 20.4 percent — a gain of 9.2 percent over 2010, the second-largest five-year gain of the 90 public institutions analyzed by the Post.” Working Woman Report also published the editorial.