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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a faculty member/chair at a STEM-focused university. From the perspective of the Trump Administration, DEI does include women. We have received guidance from the DOE and DOJ that includes gender within the context of federally-funded grants, admissions programs that consider gender (e.g., recruiting, scholarships, etc.), hiring initiatives, and leadership programs. [/quote]

[b]Not in the context of college admissions.[/b]  Girls outperform boys by a mile in colleges.

Higher up in academic settings, yes, women are being discriminated still.  Fewer female professors in colleges, even fewer in leadership positions.  But I think these positions are currently occupied by a lot of aged male professors, they will be gone in a few years by force of nature.  I wouldn't worried too much about DEI for women.[/quote]

That is not entirely true. Admissions is broader than AO's making decisions about denial/acceptance. I was referring to admissions practices around recruitment/marketing and merit scholarships. For example, we have received guidance that recruitment efforts to increase the number of female applicants in STEM falls under DEI or scholarship earmarked for women-only.

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You missed the main point:  [b]Girls outperform boys[/b].  [/quote]

Maybe at being average-exceptional in terms of college admissions. Only two women have won a Fields Medal. Men still outperform at the far upper bound.[/quote]
You're really just highlighting an issue of bias. There's a ton of research on why women are heavily represented in some STEM fields and not in others, and it has nothing to do with intellect but social marginalization and harassment. We have similar issues over here in Physics, and it's a damn shame.[/quote]

Physics is probably worse than math. But in this era of the replication crisis, pardon me if I don't immediately concede your contention of a singular cause (bias) because you handwaved at "a ton of research."[/quote]

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