ADVANCE Adaptation: Evidence-Informed Promotion of Inclusive Climate (EPIC) at IUPUI

IUPUI ADVANCE适应项目将改善制度氛围，促进包容性领导实践，以解决STEM教师中女性，特别是有色人种女性的代表性、留任和晋升方面的不平等问题。IUPUI是印第安纳波利斯的一所城市公立研究型大学。基于证据的包容性气候促进（EPIC）项目将使基于证据的公平实践适应IUPUI校园的独特背景。这两个项目的目标是：培养强大的、具有公平意识的领导者，营造真正包容的环境；改革部门的流程和做法，减少不公平现象，改善环境。为了实现这些目标，项目团队将实施各种策略，包括：每季度半天的研讨会，这将成为一个STEM领导力学习社区；基于定量和定性数据的部门公平概况，以及为部门改善活动提供信息的程序和做法；建立问责制结构和做法，确保解决性别平等问题的新做法得到成功实施，并使积极的变化得以持续。IUPUI的EPIC项目以一种对IUPUI校园需求敏感的方式战略性地整合了最佳实践。领导力培训建立在华盛顿大学（University of Washington）的工作基础上，该大学每季度举办一次领导力研讨会，召集校园内的系主任讨论相关问题，利用校园内许多人的专业知识，并为担任类似职位的同事提供一个交流思想的场所。该模型将扩展到包括多个级别的正式和非正式领导人。该部门的增强活动建立在科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的工作基础上，在那里，教师们作为一个实践社区，致力于解决部门特有的挑战。IUPUI项目将在一个新的环境中测试现有的ADVANCE模型。具体来说，IUPUI是印第安纳大学（IU）的核心校区，项目团队将与印第安纳大学的七个校区分享新兴的最佳实践，包括医学院。IUPUI还参与了名为ASPIRE的NSF INCLUDES项目，该项目的目标是使STEM教师多样化，促进包容性教学实践。这些项目预计将对IUPUI起到补充作用，同时也为参与NSF INCLUDES社区的其他机构提供分享项目成果的途径。NSF ADVANCE计划旨在通过重点识别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，促进性别平等。阻碍公平的组织障碍可能存在于政策、过程、实践以及组织文化和气候中。ADVANCE“适应”奖为学术、非营利高等教育机构以及非学术、非营利组织适应和采用循证战略提供支持。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The IUPUI ADVANCE Adaptation project will improve institutional climate and promote inclusive leadership practices to address inequities in the representation, retention, and advancement of women, particularly women of color, in the STEM faculty. IUPUI is an urban, public, research university in Indianapolis. The Evidence-informed Promotion of Inclusive Climate (EPIC) project will adapt evidence-informed equity practices to the unique context of the IUPUI campus. The two project goals are: to develop strong, equity-minded leaders to foster authentically inclusive environments; and to transform department processes and practices to reduce inequities and improve climate. In order to accomplish these goals, the project team will implement various strategies including: quarterly half-day workshops that will become a STEM leadership learning community; departmental equity profiles based on quantitative and qualitative data and processes and practices to inform departmental enhancement activities; and accountability structures and practices to ensure that new practices addressing gender equity are implemented successfully and that positive change is sustained. Project EPIC at IUPUI strategically integrates best practices in a manner that is sensitive to the needs of the IUPUI campus. The leadership training builds on the work of the University of Washington, which used quarterly leadership workshops to gather department chairs across the campus to discuss pertinent issues, capitalizing on the expertise of many individuals across the campus and providing a venue for the cross-pollination of ideas among colleagues in similar posts. This model will be expanded to include formal and informal leaders at multiple levels. The departmental enhancement activities build on the work of University of Colorado Boulder, where faculty work on departmental-specific challenges as a community of practice. The IUPUI project will test existing ADVANCE models in a novel context. Specifically, IUPUI is a core campus of Indiana University (IU), and the project team will share emerging best practices with the seven IU campuses, including the Schools of Medicine. IUPUI is also engaged in the NSF INCLUDES project called ASPIRE which has a goal of diversifying STEM faculty and promoting inclusive teaching practices. The projects are expected to be complementary for IUPUI but also provide an avenue for sharing project results with other institutions participating in the NSF INCLUDES communityThe 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, non-profit institution of higher education as well as non-academic, non-profit organizations.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.