The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

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Three leaders in science and engineering discuss the obstacles for women and racial minorities to enter or stay in STEM. The STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and math – have real work to ...