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）将实施一个先进的催化剂项目，进行全面的机构评估，并制定一个五年战略行动计划，以提高STEM教师的公平性。 WSU是一个不断发展的机构，拥有多样化的学生入学。 评估将分析政策和影响妇女和URM教师的参与，成功和保留的基本系统性问题。 催化剂项目将建立机制，以维持项目结束后的努力。 长期目标是制定政策，程序和社区，以不断促进公平和包容，这将导致妇女和种族和少数民族的STEM学术劳动力的更大代表性和进步（代表性不足的少数民族（URM））在威奇托州立大学。这两个-2005年项目将使该大学做好准备，以便今后收集和分析有关教师公平的数据，供机构领导层用于知情决策。 催化剂的工作还将准备机构实施循证战略，以提高所有教师的大学氛围，这将在五年教师公平战略计划中概述，该计划将作为该项目的一部分产生。 NSF ADVANCE计划旨在通过重点确定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、流程、做法以及组织文化和氛围中。 ADVANCE“催化剂”奖项为学术性、非营利高等教育机构的机构公平评估和五年期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.