NSF ADVANCE Catalyst: A Catalyst to Increase the Representation and Advancement of Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Academic STEM Careers at Wichita State University

威奇托州立大学(WSU)将实施一项高级催化剂项目，以进行全面的机构评估，并制定一项五年战略行动计划，其中包括为增加STEM教师的公平而证明的战略。威斯康星州立大学是一所不断发展的机构，招生人数多样化。评估将分析影响女性和URM教师的参与、成功和留住的政策和潜在的系统性问题。Catalyst项目将在项目结束后建立持续努力的机制。长期目标是建立政策、程序和社区，不断促进公平和包容，这将导致妇女和种族和少数民族(代表不足的少数族裔(URM))STEM学术劳动力在威奇托州立大学有更大的代表性和进步。这个为期两年的项目将为该大学未来的教师公平数据收集和数据分析做准备，机构领导层可以利用这些数据来为决策提供参考。促进会的工作还将使该机构做好准备，实施循证战略，以改善所有教员的大学氛围，这将在作为该项目一部分编制的五年教员公平战略计划中概述。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。先期“催化剂”奖为学术、非营利性高等教育机构的机构公平评估和五年教师公平战略计划的制定提供支持。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。

Wichita State University (WSU) will implement an ADVANCE Catalyst project to undertake a comprehensive institutional-assessment and develop a five-year strategic plan of action with proven strategies for increasing equity for STEM faculty. WSU is a growing institution with a diverse student enrollment. The assessment will analyze policies and the underlying systemic issues impacting the participation, success, and retention of women and URM faculty. The Catalyst project will create mechanisms to sustain the efforts after the project ends. The long-term objective is to establish policies, procedures and a community for the continuous promotion of equity and inclusion that will lead to greater representation and advancement of the STEM academic workforce of women and racial and ethnic minorities (underrepresented minorities (URM)) at Wichita State University.This two-year project will prepare the university for future data collection and data analyses of faculty equity which can be used by institutional leadership to inform decision-making. The Catalyst work will also prepare the institution to implement evidence-based strategies to enhance the university climate for all faculty which will be outlined in a five-year faculty equity strategic plan that will be produced as part of this project. 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 "Catalyst" awards provide support for institutional equity assessments and the development of five-year faculty equity strategic plans at an academic, non-profit institution of higher education.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.