Creating a National Higher Education Rating System for STEM Equality Achievement (SEA): The SEA Change Workshop

STEM公平成就(SEA变化)研讨会项目将汇集6至8所公立和私立高等教育机构的团队，制定并启动一项试点计划，以表彰那些致力于促进STEM(科学、技术、工程和数学)中代表性不足群体的公平环境的美国机构。美国科学促进会(AAAS)是高等教育机构这一试点项目的合作伙伴。拟开发的模型将参考在英国开发的成功的雅典娜天鹅模型。雅典娜·斯旺是从雅典娜项目和科学女性学术网络(SWAN)之间的工作演变而来的，这两个项目是为了促进女性在英国科学、技术、工程、医学和数学领域的代表性。由这笔赠款支持的海洋变化讲习班预计将产生一个评级模式，参与机构将作为试点加以实施和测试。这项试点工作将开发和完善一个可能在美国有效的评级系统的流程和结构。基于英国的成功，这种类型的评级系统可能会导致高等教育机构自愿向该系统寻求评级。

The STEM Equity Achievement (SEA Change) workshop project will bring together teams from six to eight public and private higher education institutions to develop and launch a pilot program to recognize U.S. institutions higher education that have demonstrated commitments to promoting an equitable environment for underrepresented groups in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a partner on this pilot project with the institutions of higher education. The model to be developed will be informed by the successful Athena SWAN model developed in the United Kingdom (UK). Athena SWAN evolved from work between the Athena Project and the Scientific Women's Academic Network (SWAN) which were earlier efforts to advance the representation of women in science, technology, engineering, medicine and mathematics in the UK. The SEA Change workshop supported with this grant is expected to result in a rating model that the participating institutions will implement and test as a pilot. This pilot work will develop and refine a process and structure for a rating system that may be effective in the United States. Based on the success in the UK, this type of rating system could result in institutions of higher education voluntarily seeking ratings from the system.