By Albert Lin
The shortage of women and members of underrepresented groups in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields is no secret, and the College Board’s annual report on Advanced Placement exams suggests that the gap may continue.
Of the 22,273 students who took the AP computer science exam in 2013, 81 percent were male and 54.2 percent were white. Only 9.0 percent of the test-takers were Latino, and 4.2 percent were Black.
