Are Sexual Minority Students Less Likely to Persist in STEM Degrees? (IMAGE)

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Are Sexual Minority Students Less Likely to Persist in STEM Degrees?

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Bryce E. Hughes evaluated data from a national longitudinal survey, including responses from over 4,000 students, and found that sexual minority students -- lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer - were less likely than their heterosexual peers to be retained in STEM degrees after four years of college.

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Carla Schaffer / AAAS

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