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

尽管有文献描述了stem学术项目中女性教师的普遍缺乏，但没有具体或当前的数据描述了女性在hbcu中的地位。这个为期一年的ADVANCE领导力奖的目的是提议调查106所历史上的黑人学院和大学中女性STEM教师的地位。具体来说，该项目将试图确定(a)克拉克亚特兰大大学（Clark Atlanta University）——仅有的三所授予博士学位的hbcu之一——是否代表了其他hbcu，以及(b) hbcu作为一个群体，是否反映了大多数机构中科学和工程领域女性教师的地位。此外，该项目将寻求通过国家数据库的开发和传播，确定hbcu的STEM女性教师，以及她们的专业和研究领域。最后，克拉克亚特兰大大学提议召开首届HBCU女性STEM教师全国会议，旨在重点讨论促进HBCU女性在科学和工程领域的最佳实践。一个由国家认可的专家组成的团队，包括来自最初的九个ADVANCE机构转型奖获奖者的代表，将被邀请领导和促进这些讨论。

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.