Collaborative Research: GSE/EXT: Expanding the Pool Local Cooperatives for Recruiting and Retaining Women in Disciplines with Least Women

合作研究：GSE/EXT：扩大当地合作社库，以招募和留住女性最少的学科中的女性

• 批准号: 1203179
• 负责人: Elizabeth Litzler
• 金额: $ 25.93万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1203179&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; GSE; EXT; Expanding

Intellectual Merit: The University of Colorado at Boulder, in collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Virginia, and the University of Washington are supporting an extension service project that is synergistically serving the disciplines most in need of help for improving women?s representation: computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering. At each of 30 institutions, interdepartmental teams of change agents from computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering departments are being established. In each institution, high-level administrative commitment is elicited. At each ?client? institution, the interdepartmental teams recruit cooperatively for ?net new women,? as opposed to raiding each other?s pool of potential majors. Each department is adopting research-based methods for retaining undergraduate women, such as improved faculty-student interaction, and will be held accountable for initiatives, evaluation, and reporting. Cooperative department teams are supported and guided by a cadre of highly trained and experienced consultants. These train their assigned interdisciplinary teams on proven practices and methods for recruiting and retaining women. In addition, experienced staff and external evaluators will support departments and consultants with tracking and evaluation tools, collect and review periodic progress reports, and recommend improvements. This extension service focuses on reforming departmental and faculty practices in sustainable ways for long-term improvement in their undergraduate gender balance. Broader Impacts: The project will significantly raise the number of women of all races and ethnicities who receive bachelor?s degrees in the neediest fields: computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering. Explicitly including minority-serving institutions will help to meet national diversity goals in these areas. Use of data to identify minority women?s typical major choices will support local recruiting on each campus. The project will bring explicit, widespread attention to the exemplar institutions and document their approaches so that others may emulate their practices.

知识分子优点：科罗拉多大学博尔德大学，与德克萨斯大学奥斯汀大学，弗吉尼亚大学和华盛顿大学合作，正在支持一个扩展服务项目，该项目是协同努力为改善女性代表的最需要帮助的学科：计算机科学，计算机工程，电气工程工程，电气工程和机械工具。在30个机构中的每个机构中，都建立了来自计算机科学，计算机工程，电气工程和机械工程部门的变更代理的部门间团队。在每个机构中，都提出了高级行政承诺。在每个客户？机构，部门间团队为净新妇女合作招募？而不是互相突袭潜在的专业库。每个部门都采用基于研究的方法来保留本科妇女，例如改善教师的互动，并将对倡议，评估和报告负责。合作部门团队得到了由训练有素且经验丰富的顾问的干部支持和指导。这些培训他们指定的跨学科团队，以实现招募和保留妇女的行为实践和方法。此外，经验丰富的员工和外部评估人员将使用跟踪和评估工具，收集和审查定期进度报告，并建议改进。这项扩展服务的重点是改革部门和教师实践，以可持续的方式改善其本科性别平衡的长期改善。更广泛的影响：该项目将显着增加在最需要领域获得学士学位的所有种族和种族的女性人数：计算机科学，计算机工程，电气工程和机械工程。明确包括包括少数派服务机构的机构将有助于实现这些领域的国家多样性目标。使用数据来识别少数族裔女性的典型主要选择将支持每个校园的当地招聘。该项目将显式，广泛关注示例机构并记录其方法，以便其他人可以效仿他们的实践。