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Engineering students and faculty respond 
to gender and minority gap at the University

In spite of DEI plan, 
women and ethnic 
minorities are still 
underrepresented 

By ALEXA ST.JOHN

Daily Staff Reporter

“When I was deciding to do 

computer science, one of the main 
reasons that I didn’t want to do 
it was I never saw myself as the 
computer science type because I 
think that type is typically male,” 
LSA junior Kayla Fedewa said. 
“That was one of the main things 
that was holding me back.”

Fedewa, 
vice 
president 
of 

the student organization Girls 
in Electrical Engineering and 
Computer Science, said she is one of 
many females associated with the 
University of Michigan’s College of 
Engineering and computer science 
programs who is affected by a lack 
of female enrollment and lack of 
support for females within the 
programs. Because of this, Fedewa 
said she was weary when first 
looking into the program.

“You really have to be strong, 

I feel like, to be in the program in 
a way that you don’t have to be in 
other programs,” Fedewa said.

Though Fedewa said she feels 

she can speak her mind and gain 
access to the same opportunities 
male students have, other female 
students do not feel the same.

Betsy Brown, a recent doctoral 

graduate 
from 
the 
Chemistry 

Department 
and 
previous 

co-vice president of the student 

organization Females Excelling 
More in Math, Engineering and 
the Sciences, said she struggled 
with deciding on a major because 
of 
the 
overwhelmingly 
male 

populations in certain Science 
Technology Engineering and Math 
(STEM) departments, adding that 
stayed away from the more male-
dominated fields that left her 
feeling uncomfortable.

“I avoided situations that might 

make me feel like that,” Brown said. 
“I felt more comfortable in a more 
heterogeneous situation where it 
wasn’t all men.”

Brown agreed with Fedewa and 

said it can be a challenge for women 
to feel comfortable and self-assured 
in these fields.

“As a woman in science, it’s 

harder to find the confidence 
that doesn’t seem to be a problem 
for male peers,” Brown said. “In 
talking with (other women), I’ve 
heard a lot more self-doubt than 
I did with talking to our male 
counterparts.”

Fedewa 
and 
Brown 
have 

both been successful in their 
departments as student leaders of 
their organizations, but they and 
other students have faced much 
adversity based not only on gender, 
but race as well.

Enrollment

According to the University 

Enrollment by Program, Location, 
Ethnicity and GenderReport as 
of Winter 2016, a total of 8,723 
students were enrolled in the 
College of Engineering — with 
2,206 females and 6,517 males.

Minority students have less 

representation in the College of 

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