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Notably, it was revealed that in classes where one gender is the significant minority, that gender’s<br />
learning experience is compromised. Male students in Social Sciences cited feeling they could not<br />
speak freely and females in Computer Science cited feeling like there was a “boys club” which they<br />
could not access.<br />
Thus, ALU can look into intentionally improving gender balance in degree programs through<br />
degree info sessions which exhibit both males and females in the profession. Research has found<br />
that students are more likely to feel confident pursuing a certain major when they have seen<br />
examples of people of their gender succeeding in that major.<br />
“Social Science major has 6 guys and 21 female students. In that space ,<br />
what happens is that as a male, we had to think more critically about what<br />
we have to say, what implicit biases we have and etc.But this impedes my<br />
learning because there will be a backlash for almost every opinion I express<br />
in class “<br />
- Male Social Sciences Student<br />
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