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

STEM公平成就（SEA Change）研讨会项目将汇集6至8个公立和私立高等教育机构的团队，制定并启动一个试点项目，以表彰那些在STEM（科学、技术、工程和数学）领域为弱势群体促进公平环境方面做出承诺的美国高等教育机构。美国科学促进会（AAAS）与高等教育机构一起参与了这个试点项目。将要开发的模型将参考在英国成功开发的雅典娜SWAN模型。Athena SWAN是由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，这是早期在英国促进女性在科学、技术、工程、医学和数学领域的代表性的努力。由这笔赠款支持的环境评估变化讲习班预计将产生一个评级模型，参与机构将作为试点实施和测试。这项试点工作将发展和完善一个可能在美国有效的评级制度的程序和结构。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从该系统中寻求评级。

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.