Increasing the Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement of Women in STEM at Indiana's Community College System (ivy WiSTEM)

常春藤理工大学是印第安纳州范围内的社区学院系统，它提议在全州范围内对全职和兼职STEM女性的招聘和晋升方面的差异进行调查。它们有四个基本目标，包括：收集和处理关于在STEM招聘、保留和提升妇女的机构数据；审查现有的机构转型来源和模式；获得体制转型的体制支持；以及制定全面的转型计划。他们将使用一些策略来实现他们的目标，包括调查、焦点小组、嘉宾演讲和访问其他高级机构。关于社区学院STEM中的女性的信息在文献中缺乏，作为全国最大的社区学院系统，这项提案提供了一个独特的机会来收集关于这一未被研究的人口的大量信息。正如设计的那样，建立模型和收集大量数据的潜力是突出的。社区大学在STEM专业人才培养中发挥的巨大作用是有据可查的，其中包括最终获得博士学位的人和URM STEM专业人员。在这种背景下，了解STEM女性教员的招聘、保留和晋升将对文学基础有很大帮助。

Ivy Tech, Indiana's state-wide system of community colleges, proposes to conduct a statewide investigation of differences in the hiring and advancement of STEM women in both full-time and adjunct positions. They have four basic goals including: the collection and processing of institutional data on recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in STEM; review available sources and models for institutional transformation; garner institutional support for transformation; and develop a comprehensive transformation plan. Some of the strategies they will use to accomplish their goals are surveys, focus groups, guest speakers, and visits to other ADVANCE institutions. Information about women in STEM at community colleges is lacking in the literature and as the largest community college system in the country, this proposal presents a unique opportunity to collect a large amount of information about this understudied population. As designed, the potential for model building and significant data collection are outstanding. The enormous role that community colleges play in the production of STEM professionals, including eventual PhD recipients and URM STEM professionals is well documented. Understanding the hiring, retention, and promotion STEM women faculty in this setting would contribute greatly to the literature base.