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After years of gains, Black STEM representation is falling. Why?
The share of Black students completing STEM degrees was growing until the early 2000s. What went wrong?
Ashley Smart is the associate director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT, and a senior editor at Undark.
The share of Black students completing STEM degrees was growing until the early 2000s. What went wrong?