ADVANCE IT Start Award: Women of Western Washington University

西华盛顿大学科学技术学院将对影响STEM学科女性招聘、保留和晋升的系统性制度因素进行全面评估。该项目将开展：校园气候评估;对妇女和少数族裔的雇用趋势进行分析;进行详细的留用研究;对任期和晋升结果进行分析;审查聘用通知，包括启动一揽子计划;审查工作量。经过审查？最佳实践？（包括那些在ADVANCE机构）和政策，它将确定那些将导致最有效的结果，该机构。 将与有大量妇女和少数民族学生毕业的机构建立伙伴关系，这些学生可能是潜在的西方申请人，并将开展试点方案，包括传播项目收集的信息。这项工作将通知西方？随后制定了机构转型计划。知识价值：目前关于有效的体制？最佳实践？为了提高STEM学科中妇女的保留率、征聘和晋升，研究1机构开展了工作。然而，综合性机构也雇用了大量的教师在这些学科，并在这奋进发挥了关键作用。西部大学非常适合这样一个项目，它在促进妇女平等和提高妇女地位方面采取了重大举措。凭借其启动奖，西方将专注于准确理解机构的需求和适合综合性大学的最佳实践。这个会吗增加价值？更广泛的影响：这项工作将对更大的大学产生积极的影响。这个为期两年的项目的结果可以作为其他综合性大学甚至社区大学的榜样，这些大学有一些相同的特点。最重要的是，该项目最终将带来的体制改革将提高妇女地位？的代表性和进步在STEM学科在综合。

The College of Sciences and Technology at Western Washington University will undertake a comprehensive assessment of systemic institutional factors affecting recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in STEM disciplines. The project will conduct: a campus climate assessment; an analysis of hiring trends for women and minorities; a detailed retention study; an analysis of tenure and promotion outcomes; an examination of offers, including start-up packages; and a review of workload. After reviewing ?best practices? (including those at ADVANCE institutions) and policies, it will identify those that would lead to the most effective outcomes for this institution. Partnerships will be developed with institutions graduating large numbers of women and minority students who could be potential Western applicants, and pilot programs will be conducted including dissemination of information collected by the project. This work will inform Western?s subsequent development of an institutional transformation plan. Intellectual Merit: Much of the current data and knowledge on effective institutional ?best practices? to enhance retention, recruitment and advancement of women in STEM disciplines has emanated from Research 1 institutions. However, comprehensive institutions also employ a large number of faculty in these disciplines and play a critical role in this endeavor. Western, positioned well for such a project, has undertaken significant initiatives in promoting equity and advancement for women. With its Start award, Western will focus on precisely understanding institutional needs at and best practices appropriate for comprehensive universities. This will ?add value? to the body of knowledge that has already been produced by ADVANCE projects.Broader Impacts: This undertaking will have a positive impact on the greater university. Results from the two-year project may serve as a model for other comprehensives or even community colleges that share some of the same characteristics. Most importantly, institutional transformation that will eventually result from this project will enhance women?s representation and advancement in STEM disciplines at comprehensives.