ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award: The University of Maryland Eastern Shore ADVANCE Program

ADVANCE 机构转型奖：马里兰大学东岸 ADVANCE 项目

• 批准号: 0547730
• 负责人: Linda Johnson
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Maryland Eastern Shore
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-10-01 至 2010-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0547730&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ADVANCE; Institutional; Transformation; Award; University

The goal of the UMES ADVANCE Program is to make major changes at the University which will increase the number of women in STEM disciplines, help women within these disciplines earn promotion, gain tenure, transition to leadership roles and reduce isolation within their departments. The three objectives are to: Increase the percentage of tenured women faculty in the STEM disciplines at UMES from 9% to 21% by enhancing the academic infrastructure at UMES to promote career advancement for women faculty in STEM disciplines. Change administrative policies and procedures at UMES and add new administrative programs topromote career advancement for women faculty in STEM disciplines. Develop the UMES ADVANCE Women's Center which will utilize a holistic approach toward women faculty career development.There are many barriers and obstacles that must be overcome by women in academia especially minoritywomen, and this is most pronounced in the STEM disciplines. Through institutional transformation, andorganizational commitment, the UMES ADVANCE program will remove these barriers by developing methods and broadening the knowledge base to address the under-representation of minority women in STEM disciplines. The program will introduce both novel strategies and modified existing approaches outlined by organizations such as the Association of Women in Science and other ADVANCE programs. Such activities will increase opportunities that will address women's development, advancement and increased productivity by focusing on a combination of activities including sabbatical leave for UMES women faculty in the STEM disciplines, establishment of a joint UMES/UMBC ADVANCE Academic Exchange Program, revision of the UMES leave policy for dependent care, establishment of an Administrative Fellowship Program, revision of tenure and promotions criteria in the STEMdisciplines to reflect a broader definition of scholarship and development of the UMES ADVANCE Women's Center using a holistic approach.The goal of the UMES ADVANCE Program is to make major changes at the University which willincrease the number of women in STEM disciplines, help women within these disciplines earn promotion, gain tenure, transition to leadership roles and reduce isolation within their departments. As such, UMES will serve as a model for developing academic and administrative infrastructure for promoting the advancement of women careers.While the UMES ADVANCE Program will address the needs of women in STEM disciplines, it will also provide the much needed expansion of the research on underrepresented minority women in STEM disciplines at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Since a major activity of the UMES ADVANCE Program is to convene a conference on underrepresented minority women in STEM disciplines, a wide audience of stakeholders will benefit from the circulation of the proceedings of the conference.

UMES ADVANCE计划的目标是在大学进行重大变革，这将增加STEM学科中女性的数量，帮助这些学科中的女性获得晋升，获得终身职位，过渡到领导角色，并减少部门内的孤立。 这三个目标是：通过加强UMES的学术基础设施，将UMES STEM学科终身女教师的比例从9%提高到21%，以促进STEM学科女教师的职业发展。改变UMES的行政政策和程序，并增加新的行政计划，以促进STEM学科女教师的职业发展。发展UMES ADVANCE妇女中心，该中心将对女教师的职业发展采用全面的方法，学术界的妇女，特别是少数民族妇女，必须克服许多障碍和障碍，这在STEM学科中最为明显。通过机构转型和组织承诺，UMES ADVANCE计划将通过开发方法和扩大知识基础来消除这些障碍，以解决少数民族妇女在STEM学科中代表性不足的问题。该计划将引入新的战略和修改现有的方法，如妇女在科学和其他先进计划的协会组织概述。这些活动将增加解决妇女发展、进步和提高生产力问题的机会，重点是一系列活动，包括UMES女教师在STEM学科的公休假，建立UMES/UMBC ADVANCE联合学术交流计划，修订UMES家属护理休假政策，建立行政奖学金计划，修订STEM学科的任期和晋升标准，以反映奖学金的更广泛定义和UMES ADVANCE妇女中心的发展，采用整体方法。UMES ADVANCE计划的目标是在大学进行重大变革，增加STEM学科的女性人数，帮助这些学科中的妇女获得晋升，获得任期，过渡到领导角色，并减少其部门内的孤立。因此，UMES将作为发展学术和行政基础设施，促进妇女职业发展的典范。虽然UMES ADVANCE计划将满足STEM学科妇女的需求，但它也将为历史上黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）的STEM学科中代表性不足的少数民族妇女提供急需的研究扩展。 由于UMES ADVANCE计划的一项主要活动是召开一次关于STEM学科中代表性不足的少数民族妇女的会议，因此广大利益攸关方将从会议记录的分发中受益。