IT-C: Differences and Deficits Affecting Women STEM Faculty: Creating a Framework for Change at a Rural Public University

默里州立大学（MSU）将实施ADVANCE机构转型催化剂（IT-Catalyst）项目，开展机构自我评估活动。密歇根州立大学将对教师进行调查和访谈，审查现有的机构数据和政策，对ADVANCE机构进行实地考察，邀请演讲者到校园告知和教育行政和教师，并开展指导圈以支持初级STEM教师。密歇根州立大学提供了一个独特的机会，在肯塔基州西部农村地区的一所综合性本科公立大学，研究STEM学科女性教师的招聘、保留和晋升情况。密歇根州立大学服务的地区在历史上一直缺乏STEM教育，并且一直面临着在STEM领域招募和留住女性教师和学生的挑战。默里州立大学的项目将增加我们对农村学术环境中影响妇女的因素的理解。该项目可以作为其他农村地区大学的榜样，在这些大学中，女性教师在STEM领域的代表性通常不足。ADVANCE项目的重点是制定系统的方法，以提高女性在STEM学术事业中的参与度、留任率和晋升率。IT-Catalyst跟踪资助项目进行机构自我评估，并实施已被证明有效解决STEM教师性别问题的战略。

Murray State University (MSU) will implement an ADVANCE Institutional Transformation-Catalyst (IT-Catalyst) project to undertake institutional self-assessment activities. MSU will conduct surveys of faculty and interviews, review existing institutional data and policies, conduct site-visits to ADVANCE institutions, invite speakers to campus to inform and educate the administration and faculty, and conduct mentoring circles to support junior STEM faculty. MSU provides a unique opportunity to examine the recruitment, retention and promotion of women faculty in STEM disciplines at a regional comprehensive and primarily undergraduate public university in rural western Kentucky. MSU serves a region that has been historically underserved in STEM education and has been challenged to recruit and retain female faculty and students in STEM. The Murray State University project will add to our understanding of the factors that impact women in a rural academic environment. This project may serve as a model for other rural regional universities where women faculty are commonly underrepresented in STEM. The ADVANCE program is focused on developing systemic approaches to increase the participation, retention, and advancement of women in academic STEM careers. The IT-Catalyst track funds projects to conduct institutional self-assessments as well as implement strategies that have been shown to be effective to address gendered issues for STEM faculty.