ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award: Excellence in Science and Engineering (EXCELinSE) at WSU

先进机构转型奖：华盛顿州立大学科学与工程卓越奖 (EXCELinSE)

• 批准号: 0810927
• 负责人: Candis Claiborn
• 金额: $ 375万
• 依托单位: Washington State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0810927&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ADVANCE; Institutional; Transformation; Award; Excellence

Washington State University is deeply committed to fostering an environment that pro-motes diversity. Despite this commitment, challenges remain in achieving gender equity among the faculty and leadership in sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The premise of the Excellence in Sciences and Engineering (EXCELinSE) at WSUproject is that women are lost from the academy at critical transition points: after the PhD; pre- tenure; post-tenure; and at personal milestones (e.g., childbirth). Our project goals are to: (1) increase representation of women in STEM disciplines by providing institutional support at these critical points; (2) develop/disseminate innovative strategies for other research-intensive, rural, land grant universities; and (3) create an infrastructure that provides the highest institutional support, and insures transformation beyond the lifetime of the grant.Our four major initiatives are: (1) Preparing and Recruiting a Diverse Faculty, designed to encourage new women STEM PhD graduates to consider academic careers; (2) Work/Life Initiative, to address institutional and individual barriers to retention and advancement for all university faculty members; (3) Leadership Training Initiative, which addresses climate and leadership barriers to recruitment, retention and advancement; and (4) Institutionalizing Transformation Initiative, which is aimed at organizing, monitoring and assessing institutional progress, and disseminating best practices to the broader academic community. These initiatives will be implemented through the Center for EXCELinSE at WSU.These initiatives include innovations that address our unique situation and have the potential to impact our peer institutions, including: (1) The EXCELinSE Summer Doctoral Fellows program, where women STEM PhD candidates from other research institutions spend the summer on the WSU-Pullman campus, attending workshops on research and academic careers, receiving mentoring from faculty members in STEM disciplines, and working on completing their dissertations; (2) The Dual-Career Partnership with University of Idaho, to provide reciprocal partner accommodation resources at both universities; (3) The Infant Care Placeholder program; and (4) The External Mentoring program, in which STEM faculty women are linked with successful women faculty at other universities for mentoring.Intellectual merit: The research component of this project will provide insights into diffusion of new practices through academic organizations and the impact on departmental cultures and leadership. By identifying the departmental-level factors that enhance or inhibit the institutionalization of initiatives, this research will benefit other institutions seeking transformation. We will both import successful ADVANCE initiatives from other institutions and demonstrate our own innovative initiatives that are unique to our situation (e.g., the Dual Career Partnership with the University of Idaho), that will benefit both WSU and the broader research university community (e.g., the EXCLEinSE Summer Doctoral Fellows Program), that are applicable to research-intensive, rural, land-grant institutions (e.g., Infant Care Placeholder program), or that are applicable to the general academy (e.g., the External Mentoring program).Broader impacts. Addressing the special challenges associated with women faculty in STEM disciplines at small, rural communities has implications for other similar institutions. For example, the Summer Doctoral Fellows program will benefit not only WSU but other research institutions that hire the fellows after they complete the program. This project will advance our understanding of the impact of preparing future faculty for the professoriate, creating a work/life responsive workplace, and leadership initiatives on attracting, recruiting, and advancing women in academic STEM disciplines. Improving the climate for all faculty will result in the retention and advancement of a diverse faculty which provides more role models for students. This will ultimately lead to increases in students pursuing careers in STEM, thus addressing a national need.

华盛顿州立大学致力于营造一个促进多样性的环境。尽管做出了这一承诺，但在科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 学科的教师和领导层中实现性别平等仍然面临挑战。华盛顿州立大学科学与工程卓越项目 (EXCELinSE) 的前提是，女性在关键的过渡点从学院中流失：博士学位之后；预任；终身教职后；以及个人里程碑（例如分娩）。我们的项目目标是：(1) 通过在这些关键点提供机构支持，增加 STEM 学科中女性的代表性； (2) 为其他研究密集型、农村、赠地大学制定/传播创新战略； (3) 创建一个基础设施，提供最高的机构支持，并确保在资助期限之外实现转型。我们的四项主要举措是： (1) 准备和招聘多元化的教师，旨在鼓励新女性 STEM 博士毕业生考虑学术职业； (2) 工作/生活倡议，解决保留和晋升所有大学教员的机构和个人障碍； (3) 领导力培训计划，解决招聘、保留和晋升方面的气候和领导力障碍； (4) 制度化转型倡议，旨在组织、监测和评估制度进展，并向更广泛的学术界传播最佳实践。这些举措将通过 WSU 的 EXCELinSE 中心实施。这些举措包括针对我们独特情况并有可能影响我们的同行机构的创新，包括：(1) EXCELinSE 夏季博士研究员计划，来自其他研究机构的女性 STEM 博士候选人在 WSU-Pullman 校园度过暑假，参加研究和学术职业研讨会，接受 STEM 教员的指导 学科，并致力于完成论文； (2) 与爱达荷大学建立双职工合作伙伴关系，在两所大学提供互惠的合作伙伴住宿资源； (3) 婴儿护理占位计划； (4) 外部指导计划，其中 STEM 女教员与其他大学的成功女教员联系进行指导。智力价值：该项目的研究部分将深入了解新实践通过学术组织的传播以及对部门文化和领导力的影响。通过确定促进或抑制举措制度化的部门级因素，这项研究将使其他寻求转型的机构受益。我们将引进其他机构成功的 ADVANCE 计划，并展示我们自己的独特创新计划（例如，与爱达荷大学的双重职业伙伴关系），这将使 WSU 和更广泛的研究型大学社区受益（例如，EXCLEinSE 夏季博士研究员计划），适用于研究密集型、农村、赠地机构（例如，婴儿护理占位计划），或 适用于一般学院（例如外部指导计划）。更广泛的影响。解决小型农村社区 STEM 学科中女教师面临的特殊挑战对其他类似机构具有重要意义。例如，夏季博士研究员计划不仅将使华盛顿州立大学受益，也将使在完成该计划后聘用该研究员的其他研究机构受益。该项目将加深我们对以下方面的影响的理解：为未来的教授职称做好准备，创建一个工作/生活响应式的工作场所，以及在学术 STEM 学科中吸引、招聘和提升女性的领导力举措。 改善所有教师的氛围将有助于保留和提升多元化的​​教师，从而为学生提供更多的榜样。这最终将导致更多学生追求 STEM 职业，从而满足国家需求。