EAGER: Understanding and Strengthening STEM Faculty Engagement, the Institutional Environment and Transformative Research

该项目提出了一项研究研究和一次研讨会，旨在将理论、实践和以证据为导向的讨论结合在一起。它将以两个目标为指导：(1)了解教师敬业度，(2)加强教师敬业度。这些将结合体制环境支持和变革性研究的能力进行审议。主要活动将包括在自主动机理论的背景下对教师和机构数据进行综合分析，以及专家和利益攸关方对学术研究职业的整体展望。这项研究的一个独特的探索性方面是使用统计建模来调查以前在与教师满意度和留任有关的大规模调查中没有解决的问题。这项研究将重点放在事业与生活的平衡上，以更好地理解教师在学术STEM职业生涯中的敬业度和坚持性。研究小组将计划和召开一次研讨会，以综合最近的工作，包括职业生活平衡和更广泛的影响(BI)基础设施，分享和鼓励有前途的做法，并为机构行动制定建议。该项目将影响提高教师参与度、职业生活平衡、STEM职业中的性别平等以及BI基础设施的机构机会。Coach数据的使用可能会为跨机构的政策和做法提供信息，以支持教师，并可能使数百所学院和大学受益。爱荷华州立大学的数字资料库将开放获取研究和研讨会成果。

The project proposes a research study and a workshop, both aimed at bringing together theory, practice, and evidence-driven discussion. It will be guided by two objectives: (1) understanding faculty engagement, and (2) strengthening faculty engagement. These will be considered in relation to institutional environment support and the capacity for transformative research. Key activities will include an integrated analysis of faculty and institutional data within the context of a self-determination theory of motivation, and a holistic envisioning of academic research careers by experts and stakeholders. A distinctive exploratory aspect of the research study is the use of statistical modeling to investigate questions that have not been addressed before in large-scale surveys related to faculty satisfaction and retention. The study will include a focus on career-life balance to better understand faculty engagement and persistence in academic STEM careers. The study team will plan and convene a workshop to synthesize recent work encompassing career life balance and broader impacts (BI) infrastructure, share and stimulate promising practices, and develop recommendations for institutional action. The project will influence institutional opportunities to enhance faculty engagement, career life balance, gender equality in STEM careers, and BI infrastructure. The use of COACHE data may inform cross-institutional policies and practices to support faculty and potentially benefit hundreds of colleges and universities. Open access to research and workshop results will be provided using Iowa State's Digital Repository.