ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award: An institution-wide collaboration to hiring, retaining, and promoting women STEM faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

内布拉斯加州大学林肯分校(UNL)设计了一项系统化的项目，以增加其教师的性别多样性，以应对吸引全国所有人才--S劳动力的迫切需求。先进-内布拉斯加州。Advance-NE是从对校园中所有女性STEM教员现状的彻底评估以及对阻碍她们晋升的障碍的广泛讨论和评估中演变而来的。我们的目标和相关目标是：1.通过匹配STEM系的组成，增加UNL教员中STEM女性的数量？2.增加女性STEM教师的留用，并支持她们晋升到专业领导职位，方法是制定和系统化全机构的家庭友好型和双重职业政策，确保这些信息得到广泛传播和行政推广，并通过增加非正式网络和专业发展机会，支持她们晋升为专业领导职位。就哪些网络结构最能支持STEM女性教员的成功，以及哪些因素发展支持性网络进行创新研究。为了实现这些目标，我们将创建内布拉斯加州高级办公室，以协调招聘和加强留住计划，向学术界传播信息，并为参与校园内以多样性为重点的活动的众多团体提供联络。项目主任将(A)集中实施全校家庭友好型政策和灵活的工作安排，以使UNL更受欢迎，并担任一个双职业伙伴计划的关键人员，该计划与系主任、教职员工和管理人员建立网络；(B)成立一个全大学教职员工委员会Recruit-NE，以增加教员职位的女性招聘，赋予搜索委员会和招聘大使必要的战略，以招聘不同的人才，并增加“暴露访问”，将潜在的应聘者介绍到内布拉斯加州林肯市伟大的工作和生活环境中；(C)成立一个全大学范围的委员会Promote-NE，通过让教员、主席和终身教职与晋升委员会成员熟悉隐性偏见对决策过程的影响和将这些影响降至最低的战略，增加校园内所有STEM女性的留住和晋升；以及(D)通过专业发展研讨会、与嘉宾演讲者共进午餐和为期一周的写作务虚会，在校园内建立非正式联系的机会。向Advance-NE办公室的所有活动提供信息的将是对UNL STEM系内部和之间教员网络的性质以及网络结构对教员生产力/晋升和满意度/保留的影响的持续评估性研究。网络分析用于公司和其他工作环境，以确定富有成效的工作场所结构，但尚未应用于学术界。我们将确定教员之间相互联系的数量和强度，并确定最能支持女性-S留任和成功的STEM研究和教学网络的结构。由于机构转型必须得到高级行政当局的支持和批准，因此，国际和平研究所是UNL？S的首席学术官，他直接向校长报告，并承诺在该奖项有效期结束后将该计划延长五年，以确保其成功。PI和共同PIs、评估小组以及内部和外部咨询委员会使UNL能够通过高级-NE活动成功地改造大学，并与全国其他机构分享由此产生的新知识。扩大在STEM中任职人数不足的人的参与是所有高级东北研究和活动所固有的，这也是六年前联合国系统开始系统地评估高级培训需求的原因。我们现在已经做好准备，通过拟议的招聘和晋升委员会以及更多的非正式网络计划，建立有效的网络，扩大整个校园的参与。机构、学院和部门行政部门致力于执行政策和做法，以促进STEM中的所有妇女。传播是高度优先的，因为我们相信前进的愿景。我们接受了全国范围内的行动呼吁，联合UNL的教职员工、系主任和管理人员，为所有人提供可能的最佳手段，以充分发挥他们在学术领域的STEM努力的潜力。我们将在适当的期刊和全国性的学科专题会议上传播我们的成果。此外，我们将通过网站和宣传材料(小册子、报告、小册子、新闻稿)与其他先行机构、对先行目标感兴趣的人和公众分享所有结果和信息。

In response to the pressing need to engage the full talent of the nation?s workforce, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) has designed a systematic program to increase the gender diversity of its faculty. ADVANCE-Nebraska. ADVANCE-NE evolved from a thorough assessment of the current status of all women STEM faculty on campus and from extensive discussion and evaluation of barriers to their advancement. Our goals and related objectives are to: 1. Increase the number of STEM women on the UNL faculty by matching the composition of STEM departments? applicant pools to that of the national pool beginning Year 2 of the program and by matching hiring composition to the national pool by Year 3. 2. Increase the retention of women STEM faculty and support their promotion into positions of professional leadership by developing and systematizing institution-wide family-friendly and dual career policies, ensuring that this information is widely disseminated and administratively promoted, and by increasing informal networking and professional development opportunities.3. Conduct innovative research on what network structures best support the success of women STEM faculty, and what factors develop supportive networks.To achieve these goals, we will create an Office for ADVANCE-Nebraska to coordinate recruitment and retention-enhancing programs, disseminate information to the academic community, and serve as liaison for the many groups engaged in diversity-focused activities on campus. The Project Director will (a) centralize implementation of college-wide Family-Friendly Policies and Flexible Work Arrangements to make UNL more welcoming, and serve as point person for a Dual Career Partner program that networks department chairs, faculty, and administrators; (b) form a university-wide committee of faculty, RECRUIT-NE, to increase recruitment of women for faculty positions, empower search committees and Recruitment Ambassadors with strategies needed to recruit diverse talent, and increase "Exposure Visits" to introduce potential recruits to the great working and living environment of Lincoln, Neb.; (c) form a university-wide committee, PROMOTE-NE, to increase retention and promotion of all STEM women on campus by familiarizing faculty, chairs, and Tenure & Promotion Committee members with the impact of implicit biases on decision-making processes and strategies to minimize these impacts; and (d) build on opportunities for informal networking on campus through professional development workshops, luncheons with guest speakers, and week-long writing retreats. Informing the ADVANCE-NE office in all of its activities will be ongoing evaluative research on the nature of faculty networks within and across STEM departments at UNL and the impact of network structures on faculty productivity/promotion and satisfaction/retention.Intellectual Merit. Network analysis is used in corporate and other work settings to identify productive workplace structures, but has not been applied to academia. We will determine the number and strengths of faculty connections with each other and identify the structure of STEM research and teaching networks that best support women?s retention and success. Because institutional transformation must be supported and approved by the senior administration, the PI is UNL?s Chief Academic Officer, who reports directly to the Chancellor and pledges to extend the program for five years beyond the life of the award to ensure its success. The PI and Co-PIs, evaluation team, and internal and external advisory boards position UNL to successfully transform the university through ADVANCE-NE activities and to share resulting new knowledge with other institutions nationwide.Broader Impacts. Broadening participation of persons underrepresented in STEM is inherent in all ADVANCE-NE research and activities and is the reason UNL began systematically assessing needs for ADVANCE six years ago. We are now well-poised to broaden participation across the campus by forging effective networks through the proposed recruitment and promotion committees and increased informal networking programs. The institutional, college, and department administrations have committed to implementing policies and practices to promote all women in STEM. Dissemination is a high priority because we believe in the vision of ADVANCE. We have accepted a nationwide call to action by uniting faculty, department chairs, and administrators at UNL to offer all people the best means possible to reach their full potential in STEM endeavors in academia. We will disseminate our results in appropriate journals and at national, discipline-specific conferences. In addition, we will share all results and information with other ADVANCE institutions, persons interested in ADVANCE goals, and the public through a website and promotional materials (brochures, reports, pamphlets, press releases).