It’s “very long overdue,” one scientist says
in the coming months, the agency announced last week. The move, which comes after years of pilot testing, pressure from scientists, and a scientific integrity complaint, is being applauded by activists and diversity experts who say the data will be critical for understanding how many LGBTQ people are in STEM. But NSF has yet to release specific details about its plan, including how it will safeguard the information.
Last year, NSF added a question about gender identity to its National Survey of College Graduates , a biennial survey of more than 160,000 U.S. bachelor’s degree holders. But data at all educational levels are needed, says Bryce Hughes, an associate professor of adult and higher education at Montana State University, “to understand where inequities need to be addressed and to make visible the participation of these communities.
Many are hopeful that, if approved, the new data collection effort will provide a window into LGBTQ representation in the academic research community. The pilot data released last week offered some starting estimates: Roughly 2% to 3% of respondents identified as a gender minority and roughly 13% to 15% identified as a sexual minority. Given that these numbers point to a sizable presence of LGBTQ people in the Ph.D.
Freeman filed a formal complaint with NSF’s Office of Scientific Integrity last month, as well as with the U.S. House of Representatives. Both confirmed toCareers that they’d received the complaint. The Democratic staff of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology added that it has held meetings with experts who corroborated the concerns raised by Freeman.
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