ADVANCE Leadership Award: Women Faculty in STEM Fields: The HBCU Baseline Study

尽管有文献描述了STEM学术项目中普遍缺乏女性教员的情况，但没有具体或最新的数据描述HBCU中女性的状况。这项为期一年的高级领导力奖的目的是提议调查106所历史悠久的黑人学院和大学中女性STEM教师的地位。具体地说，该项目将设法确定(A)克拉克·亚特兰大大学--仅有的三所授予博士学位的哈佛大学之一--是否代表其他HBCU，以及(B)HBCU作为一个整体是否反映了大多数机构中理工科女教员的地位。此外，该项目将寻求通过开发和传播国家数据库、HBCU的STEM教员和妇女以及她们的专业和研究领域来确定。最后，克拉克·亚特兰大大学提议召开HBCU女性STEM教员的第一次全国会议，旨在关注HBCU提高女性在科学和工程领域的最佳做法。将邀请一个由国家公认的专家组成的小组领导和促进这些讨论，其中包括来自原九个机构转型先行奖的代表。

Although literature exists which describes the general dearth of women faculty in STEMacademic programs, no specific or current data describes the status of women at HBCUs. It is the purpose of this one-year ADVANCE Leadership Award to propose to investigate the status of women STEM faculty at the 106 Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Specifically, this project will seek to determine if (a) Clark Atlanta University, one of only three doctoral granting HBCUs, is representative of other HBCUs, and if (b) HBCUs, as a group, reflect the status of women faculty in science and engineering at majority institutions. Additionally, this project will seek to identify through the development and dissemination of a national database, the STEM faculty women at HBCUs, as well as their areas of specialty and research. Finally, Clark Atlanta University proposes to convene the first national conference of HBCU women STEM faculty designed to focus on the best practices for advancing women in science and engineering at HBCUs. A team of nationally recognized experts, including representatives from the original nine ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Awardees, will be invited to lead and facilitate these discussions.