The ADVANCE Resource and Coordination Network

先进资源和协调网络(ARC-Network)由妇女科学工作者协会(AWIS)管理，旨在将致力于在STEM中实现公平的学者和实践者联系在一个积极和积极参与的利益攸关方社区。该项目将满足收集、分析和广泛共享NSF先行计划受赠者自2001年以来创造的知识的需要。ARC网络将成为STEM教职员工在性别平等方面的一个容易获得的全国性资源。ARC网络将通过STEM高等教育的在线资源和利益攸关方战略会议，促进这方面知识的翻译和改编。区域资源中心网络将促进共享工具和资源，确定与其他组织协同增效的机会，并管理和综合关于系统变革和性别平等的知识体系。一个目标是使社区能够推进关于系统变化的知识，并使现有资源适应其组织、部门和环境。ARC网络由两个主要部分组成：ARC网络研究和ARC网络社区。作为ARC网络研究的一部分，AWIS将：1)支持虚拟访问学者，他们将对文献中的关键主题进行元分析和分析；2)组织和举办关于各个主题领域的新兴研究的小型研讨会，以产生新的研究议程和伙伴关系；以及3)努力制定关于STEM教师公平和系统性变化的研究、评估、数据和元数据的社区标准。AWIS将建立一个多元化、多学科和跨部门的ARC网络利益相关者社区，包括来自所有类型高等教育机构的STEM教职员工和管理人员，以及来自行业、政府和STEM专业组织的代表。社区将得到以下方面的支持：1)学者和从业者的战略性面对面会议；2)一个强大的在线平台，拥有丰富的精心策划的资源库；以及3)积极的社区参与和传播努力。NSF高级计划旨在通过重点确定和消除阻碍女性教员充分参与和提升学术机构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。

The ADVANCE Resource and Coordination Network (ARC-Network), managed by the Association of Women in Science (AWIS), aims to connect scholars and practitioners committed to equity in STEM in an active and engaged stakeholder community. This project will address the need to collect, analyze, and broadly share the knowledge that has been created by the NSF ADVANCE program grantees since 2001. The ARC-Network will become an easily accessible national resource on gender equity for faculty in STEM. The ARC-Network will facilitate the translation and adaptation of this knowledge through on-line resources and strategic meetings of stakeholders in STEM higher education. The ARC-Network will facilitate the sharing of tools and resources, identifying opportunities for synergy with other organizations, and curating and synthesizing the body of knowledge on systemic change and gender equity. One goal is to empower the community to advance knowledge on systemic change and to adapt existing resources to their organization, department, and context. The ARC-Network is made up of two main components: ARC-Network Research and the ARC-Network Community. As part of the ARC-Network Research, AWIS will: 1) Support Virtual Visiting Scholars who will conduct meta-analyses and analytics on key topics from the literature; 2) Organize and hold small workshops on emerging research in various topical areas to produce new research agendas and partnerships; and 3) Work toward community standards for research, evaluation, data, and metadata on STEM faculty equity and systemic change. AWIS will build a diverse, multi-disciplinary, and cross-sector ARC-Network Community of stakeholders including STEM faculty and administrators from all types of institutions of higher education, and representatives from industry, government, and STEM professional organizations. The community will be supported by: 1) Strategic in-person meetings for scholars and practitioners; 2) A robust online platform with a rich curated resource library; and 3) Active community engagement and dissemination efforts.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 women faculty in academic institutions. Organizational barriers that inhibit equity may exist in policies, processes, practices, and the organizational culture and climate.