ADVANCE Adaptation -- AMP-UP Continuous Improvement Process to Transform Institutional Practices and Culture

NSF高级方案旨在通过重点确定和消除阻碍学术机构中不同教员充分参与和进步的组织障碍来促进性别平等。阻碍公平的组织障碍可能存在于政策、流程、实践以及组织文化和氛围中。密歇根理工学院高级适应项目将解决三个问题：1)多个交叉因素的研究证书差距以及不必要的僵化的质量观念(研究和奖学金)；2)导致不平等的学术和研究单位的做法和看法(单位气候)；以及3)教师合作伙伴的长期挑战(双重职业))。密歇根理工大学将采用基于证据的策略，从现有和过去的高级机构中解决这些问题，包括密歇根大学的STRIDE计划、北达科他州的盟友计划和爱荷华州的部门加强计划。此外，密歇根理工大学将结合美国国家航空航天局(NASA)(矩阵组织方法)和汽车行业(精益持续改进文化)的管理战略，同时根据密歇根理工大学的独特背景调整这些战略。密歇根理工大学是一所STEM主导的大学，在研究和本科教育方面在全国名列前茅，是密歇根州上半岛与世隔绝的农村地区的主要雇主。如果成功，密歇根技术进步项目可能会成为其他孤立的农村大学可以借鉴的模式。密歇根理工学院高级适应项目被称为大学项目高级矩阵流程(AMP-UP)。AMP-UP项目将形成一个由跨职能团队组成的矩阵结构，以应对变革倡议。这一模式有助于确保不同观点的参与，并加强组织知识的建设和在组织内的转移。这与精益持续改进(CI)模型相覆盖，该模型通过反思性自我学习、数据收集和分析以及战略干预来支持改进文化的发展。这三个倡议领域(研究和奖学金、单位气候和双重职业)将成为AMP-UP计划的支柱，以管理人员、教职员工和工作人员组成的跨职能团队为特色。这一模式的好处之一是，方案拟订是动态的和量身定做的，而不是静态的和说明性的，从而增加了接受度和可持续性。通过使CI适应密歇根理工大学而获得的经验教训将有助于组织变革、持续改进和STEM教师职业发展领域的研究文献。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The NSF ADVANCE program is designed to foster gender equity through a focus on the identification and elimination of organizational barriers that impede the full participation and advancement of diverse faculty in academic institutions. Organizational barriers that inhibit equity may exist in policies, processes, practices, and the organizational culture and climate. ADVANCE "Adaptation" awards provide support for the adaptation and adoption of evidence-based strategies to academic and non-academic non-profit organizations.The Michigan Tech ADVANCE Adaptation project will address three issues: 1) research credentialing disparities across multiple intersecting factors as well as unnecessarily rigid perceptions of quality (Research and Scholarship); 2) academic and research unit practices and perceptions contributing to inequities (Unit Climate); and 3) faculty partners' long-term challenges (Dual Career)). Michigan Tech will adapt evidence-based strategies to address these issues from existing and past ADVANCE institutions including the University of Michigan's STRIDE program, North Dakota State's Allies program, and Iowa State's Department Enhancement Program. In addition, Michigan Tech will incorporate management strategies from NASA (a matrix organizational approach) and the auto industry (a Lean Continuous Improvement culture) while adapting these strategies to the unique context of Michigan Tech. Michigan Tech is a STEM-dominant university nationally ranked for research and undergraduate education and is a major employer in an isolated rural setting in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. If successful, Michigan Tech ADVANCE project may be a model that can be adapted by other isolated rural universities. The Michigan Tech ADVANCE Adaptation project is called the Advanced Matrix Process for University Programs (AMP-UP). The AMP-UP project will result in a matrix structure with cross-functional teams to address change initiatives. This model helps to ensure the involvement of diverse perspectives as well as enhance organizational knowledge building and transfer within the organization. This is overlaid with the LEAN Continuous Improvement (CI) model which supports the development of a culture of improvement through reflective self-study, data gathering and analysis, and strategic interventions. The three initiative areas (Research and Scholarship, Unit Climate, and Dual Career) will be the column backbone of the AMP-UP program, featuring cross-functional teams of administrators, faculty, and staff. One of the benefits of this model is that programming is dynamic and tailored rather than static and prescriptive, thereby increasing acceptance and sustainability. The lessons learned through adapting CI to Michigan Tech will contribute to the research literature in the areas of organizational change, continuous improvement, and STEM faculty career advancement.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.