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EC Fletcher, T Carroll, EM Hines, JL Moore… - Young, Gifted and …, 2022 - emerald.com

Layering Programs: Career Academies as a Plausible Intervention to Increase the Representation of Precollegiate Black Males in STEM.

Stem career programs

Fletcher, Hines, Moore

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Based on the theoretical and scientific literature, academic and career decisions to pursue STEM fields are made at the high school level, and Black high school students are more likely to participate in career and technical education (CTE) programs but are less likely to participate in CTE programs related to STEM. Additionally, Black male students are less likely to have taken the necessary prerequisites to pursue STEM fields in postsecondary education. As a result, Black male high school students are underprepared to pursue STEM …