SACNAS has announced that student applications for the 2021 conference will open on Wednesday, March 10. The organization is dedicated to fostering the success of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in attaining advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
On its website, SACNAS noted that without a concerted effort to diversify the number of students earning and using their STEM degrees in the United States, America’s competitive edge – and a huge amount of potential – in the STEM fields will be lost.
In 2014, more than 16,000 science and engineering (S&E) doctoral degrees were awarded to people who identified as White. Asian/Pacific Islanders came a distant second with 2,251 degrees, followed by Hispanics (1,620) and Blacks (1,375). Just over one hundred American Indians/Alaskan Natives received doctoral S&E degrees.
According to 2019 data, more than 25% of SACNAS conference participants worked in the life sciences, 15% in biomedical research, and 9% in engineering. Other fields were STEM Education & Learning (6%), mathematics (6%), chemistry (6%), psychology/social sciences (5%), physics & astronomy (5%), geoscience (4%), health (3%), computer/information sciences (3%).
SACNAS said they hope to make a final decision by May on the venue of the 2021 conference. Click here for more information.
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