EurekAlert (press release) | Findings Show Gender, Not Race, a Factor in College Engineering Dropouts EurekAlert (press release) According to recent studies, in colleges and universities up to 60 percent of students drop out or transfer from science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, and more than 50 percent of students pursuing STEM in community colleges never ... Engineering school enrollment soars, but recruitment of women and African-Americans remains a challenge |