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ADVANCE Catalyst项目，进行全面的机构评估，并制定一项五年战略行动计划，其中包含增加STEM教师公平的经过验证的战略。华盛顿州立大学是一所不断发展的大学，招收的学生种类繁多。评估将分析影响女性和URM教师参与、成功和保留的政策和潜在的系统问题。Catalyst项目将创建机制来在项目结束后维持工作。长期目标是建立政策、程序和社区，以持续促进公平和包容，这将导致威奇托州立大学STEM学术劳动力中女性和种族和少数民族（未被充分代表的少数民族（URM））的更大代表性和进步。这个为期两年的项目将为大学未来的数据收集和教师公平的数据分析做准备，这些数据可以被机构领导用来为决策提供信息。Catalyst的工作还将为该机构实施基于证据的战略做好准备，以改善所有教师的大学氛围，这将在作为该项目一部分的五年教师公平战略计划中进行概述。NSF ADVANCE项目旨在通过识别和消除阻碍学术机构中不同教师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、过程、实践以及组织文化和气候中。ADVANCE“Catalyst”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。

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.