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）将实施一个先进的机构转型催化剂（IT-Catalyst）项目，以开展机构自我评估活动。 密歇根州立大学将进行教师和访谈调查，审查现有的机构数据和政策，进行现场访问先进机构，邀请演讲者到校园通知和教育管理和教师，并进行指导圈，以支持初级干教师。 密歇根州立大学提供了一个独特的机会，以检查妇女教师的招聘，保留和促进干学科在区域综合性和主要是本科公立大学在农村西部肯塔基州。MSU服务于一个在STEM教育中历史上服务不足的地区，并且在STEM中招募和留住女性教师和学生方面面临挑战。 默里州立大学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。 该项目可作为其他农村地区大学的典范，在这些大学中，女教师在STEM领域的代表性通常不足。ADVANCE计划的重点是开发系统性的方法，以增加女性在学术STEM职业中的参与，保留和提升。 IT-催化剂轨道资金项目进行机构自我评估，以及实施已被证明是有效的解决性别问题的STEM教师的战略。

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.