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

IUPUI ADVANCE适应项目将改善机构氛围，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，保留和进步方面的不平等问题。 IUPUI是印第安纳波利斯的一所城市，公立，研究型大学。 该循证知情的促进包容性气候（EPIC）项目将适应循证知情的公平做法，以IUPUI校园的独特背景。 这两个项目的目标是：培养强有力的、具有公平意识的领导者，以营造真正包容的环境;并改变部门的流程和做法，以减少不公平现象，改善环境。 为了实现这些目标，项目团队将实施各种战略，包括：季度半天研讨会，将成为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流程和做法，为部门增强活动提供信息;确保成功实施处理两性平等问题的新做法，反对有效项目EPIC在IUPUI战略整合的方式是敏感的IUPUI校园的需求的最佳实践。领导力培训借鉴了华盛顿大学的工作，该大学利用季度领导力讲习班，将校园内的系主任聚集在一起讨论相关问题，利用校园内许多人的专业知识，并为类似职位的同事提供一个交流想法的场所。这一模式将扩大到包括各级正式和非正式领导人。部门增强活动建立在科罗拉多博尔德大学的工作，在那里教师对部门的具体挑战工作作为一个实践社区。 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是印第安纳州大学（IU）的核心校区，项目团队将与包括医学院在内的七个IU校区分享新兴的最佳实践。 IUPUI还参与了NSF INCLUDES项目，称为ASPIRE，其目标是使STEM教师多样化并促进包容性教学实践。 预计这些项目将是IUPUI的补充，但也提供了一个渠道，与其他机构分享项目成果参与NSF INCLUDES社区NSF ADVANCE方案的目的是促进两性平等，通过重点确定和消除组织障碍，阻碍充分参与和学术机构的不同教师的进步。 阻碍公平的组织障碍可能存在于政策、流程、做法以及组织文化和氛围中。 ADVANCE“适应”奖为学术、非营利高等教育机构以及非学术、非营利组织提供基于证据的战略适应和采用支持。该奖项反映了NSF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.