South Dakota Working in STEM for Equity (SD-WISE): A System, Institutional, and Individual Level Approach to Policy Change

南达科他州致力于 STEM 促进公平 (SD-WISE)：系统、机构和个人层面的政策变革方法

• 批准号: 1463993
• 负责人: Meredith Redlin
• 金额: $ 74.99万
• 依托单位: South Dakota State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-09-01 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1463993&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: South; Dakota; Working; STEM; Equity

The NSF Partnerships for Learning and Adaptation Networks: Institutions of Higher Education (PLAN-IHE) funding track is designed to expand the application of proven-successful gender-equity initiatives for STEM faculty through networked adaptation of a specific program or initiative. Careful evaluation is expected to expand understanding of such initiatives across institutions and institution types.This project will focus on producing policy changes to support gender equity and create culture change within the South Dakota state university system. This project will include six institutions: South Dakota State University (SDSU), the University of South Dakota, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Northern State University, Dakota State University, and Black Hills State University. This project has system wide leadership commitment and involves teams of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty in the policy review and development. The model, if successful, could be adapted to other higher education systems. It is expected that this project will result in: evidence of effective top-down change mechanisms in higher education; amended or new policies that promote gender equity in STEM; and contributions to the research on processes for systemic change in higher education.This project will test the proposition that the central establishment of equity policy and indicators at the system level is required not only to demonstrate improvement in diversity but to actualize it (Blackmore, 2011; Castilla, 2008; Kalev, Kelly and Dobbin, 2006). Research from industry indicates the effectiveness of "top-down" change for increased gender equity. By implementing and assessing this process in academia, new evidence and subsequent models for centralized change will be produced for use beyond this state system. In this project, Scott's model (1987) of change is used to demonstrate that change is most effectively implemented through policy driven by a central authority. The project will expand and assess understanding of the probability of gender equity improvement in higher education state systems through policy implementation by a centralized authority. This work will also establish evidence for how centralized policies can change individual faculty assessment practices across a higher education system, linking the system and institutional level in Scott's theory of change. In addition, this project will contribute to the knowledge base on how centralized policies can change individual norms in career planning and aspirations, linking the system, institutional, and individual level in Scott's theory of change. This project builds on previous ADVANCE work at the University of Maryland in policy analysis, and work completed at Montana State University to solicit policy innovation. The ADVANCE PLAN program track supports projects that promote the adaptation and implementation of previously effective ADVANCE programs in new contexts and the testing of innovative strategies to promote the participation, success, and advancement of women in STEM academic careers. PLAN projects also contribute to the knowledge base on gender equity in STEM academic careers.

NSF 学习和适应网络合作伙伴关系：高等教育机构 (PLAN-IHE) 资助轨道旨在通过特定计划或倡议的网络适应，扩大 STEM 教师已证明成功的性别平等倡议的应用。 仔细评估预计将扩大对跨机构和机构类型的此类举措的理解。该项目将重点关注政策变化，以支持性别平等并在南达科他州立大学系统内创造文化变革。 该项目将包括六所院校：南达科他州立大学（SDSU）、南达科他大学、南达科他矿业与技术学院、北方州立大学、达科他州立大学和布莱克山州立大学。 该项目得到了全系统领导层的承诺，并涉及科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 教师团队参与政策审查和制定。 该模式如果成功，可以适用于其他高等教育系统。 预计该项目将产生： 高等教育中有效的自上而下变革机制的证据；促进 STEM 领域性别平等的修订或新政策；该项目将检验以下主张：在系统层面中央制定公平政策和指标不仅需要证明多样性的改善，而且需要实现多样性的改善（Blackmore，2011；Castilla，2008；Kalev、Kelly 和 Dobbin，2006）。 行业研究表明“自上而下”的变革对于提高性别平等是有效的。 通过在学术界实施和评估这一过程，将产生集中变革的新证据和后续模型，以供在国家体系之外使用。 在这个项目中，斯科特的变革模型（1987）被用来证明变革是通过中央权威驱动的政策最有效地实施的。 该项目将扩大和评估对通过中央当局实施政策来改善高等教育国家系统中性别平等的可能性的理解。 这项工作还将为集中化政策如何改变整个高等教育系统中的个体教师评估实践提供证据，将斯科特变革理论中的系统和机构层面联系起来。 此外，该项目还将有助于建立有关集中政策如何改变职业规划和愿望中的个人规范的知识库，将斯科特变革理论中的系统、机构和个人层面联系起来。 该项目建立在马里兰大学之前在政策分析方面的 ADVANCE 工作以及蒙大拿州立大学完成的征求政策创新工作的基础上。 ADVANCE PLAN 计划轨道支持在新背景下促进先前有效的 ADVANCE 计划的调整和实施的项目，以及测试创新策略以促进女性在 STEM 学术职业中的参与、成功和进步。 PLAN 项目还为 STEM 学术职业中性别平等的知识库做出了贡献。