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In the core STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) workforce, women only make up 24% in the United States. This means that in a room full of 25 people, only six of them are women. However, this low percentage decreases even farther when looking at other countries: 16% in Japan and 14% in India. So, what leads to such a widened gap in this field? Self-efficacy, a person’s ability to believe in their capability, is a playing factor that has been weakened for

Exterior of the Greenhouse at Bergen County Academies (Hackensack, New Jersey) The Bergen County Academies has plenty of research opportunities available to its students. One is the opportunity to be involved in Agriscience Research. This research primarily takes place in the Environmental Science Center , and is ran by Mrs. Gomes. The Environmental Science Center has its very own greenhouse, along with an outside yard area available during the warmer months of the year.  Ag

Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, New Jersey What may look like an ordinary classroom from the outside actually holds technology that isn't normally seen in a typical American high school. A virtual reality (VR) lab was recently adopted by a nationally acclaimed magnet school, Bergen County Academies (BCA) . Students in the Academy for Medical Science Technology (AMST)—one of the seven academies within the institute—were one of the first to have occasional VR lab visits in