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[[Left Margin]] SKR [[/Left Margin]] [[Right Margin]] • Not Enough Grad; • [[Strikethrough]] Others [[/Strikethrough]] In Fact, Not Enuf Basic Background 11%/20% College Pres.... [[/Right Margin]] Sally Ride Science The Problem... • Not enough college students pursuing science or engineering • (and numbers of women still lagging behind men) • Not enough high school students expressing interest in science • The problem starts before high school. [[Left Margin]] TEO [[/Left Margin]] Sally Ride Science The Good News • In Elementary School, kids (boys and girls) like science • NCES: - 68% of 4th grade boys - 66% of 4th grade girls Self-report that they "like" science • That's fully 2/3 of 4th grade students • It's as many girls as boys