ADVANCE IT Start Award: Women of Western Washington University

西华盛顿大学科学与技术学院将对影响STEM学科招聘、保留和提升妇女的系统性体制因素进行全面评估。该项目将进行：校园环境评估；分析妇女和少数群体的雇用趋势；详细的留用研究；对终身教职和晋升结果的分析；审查包括开办一揽子计划在内的工作机会；审查工作量。在回顾之后？最佳实践？(包括先进机构的政策)和政策，它将确定哪些政策将导致该机构取得最有效的成果。将与使大量可能成为西方申请者的女性和少数族裔学生毕业的机构建立伙伴关系，并将开展试点计划，包括传播该项目收集的信息。这项工作将为S后来制定的事业单位转型计划提供参考。智力价值：关于有效的机构最佳实践的许多当前数据和知识？为了加强STEM学科中妇女的留用、招聘和提升，研究1机构发起了这项工作。然而，综合性机构也雇用了大量这些学科的教师，并在这一努力中发挥了关键作用。西部项目处于有利地位，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START奖，WESTERN将专注于准确了解综合性大学的机构需求和适用于其的最佳实践。这会吗？会增值吗？对先期项目已经产生的知识体系的影响：这项事业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能会为其他具有相同特点的综合性大学甚至社区大学提供借鉴。最重要的是，该项目最终将导致的制度变革将提高女性S在STEM学科中的代表性和综合水平。

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.