ADVANCE Adaptation: CSU STEPS for Gender Equity: Advancing Structures through Evidence-based Practices for Gender Equity

推进适应：科罗拉多州立大学性别平等步骤：通过基于证据的性别平等实践推进结构

• 批准号: 2121980
• 负责人: Ruth Hufbauer
• 金额: $ 99.93万
• 依托单位: Colorado State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-15 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2121980&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ADVANCE; Adaptation; CSU; STEPS; Gender

Colorado State University will tackle the significant nation-wide problem of inequity among faculty members in Science, Technology, Math and Engineering (STEM) disciplines. Specifically, this project aims to improve equity in recruitment, retention and promotion, with a focus on gender equity that recognizes the other types of cultural, ethnic, physical, and economic backgrounds people have. The work thus targets improved diversity in STEM disciplines. This problem is important because more diverse workforces are more effective at solving problems, and in a more just society, university faculty composition would reflect availability of doctoral graduates without bias. This problem has not already been solved because inequities are complex and embedded into the history of US society and academia. It is not intractable, however, and through carefully executing projects, Colorado State aims to improve equity across the STEM faculty. To address inequities, the project team aims to adapt a number of evidence-based best practices to particular situations at Colorado State. The project targets four major changes. 1) A revised approach to recruiting new faculty. 2) Improved unit climates through training allies to intervene when they notice inequities. 3) Improved performance review processes with training and support for review committees. 4) Enhanced leadership through education in equity who are both empowered to and accountable for making change. The expected outcomes of the project activities are improved climate and culture for all, and improved recruitment and retention leading to greater equity and diversity in STEM units across campus.The overarching goal of ADVANCE Adaptation: CSU STEPS for Gender Equity: Advancing Structures through Evidence-based Practices for Gender Equity is to transform university and unit structures and culture to improve climate and gender equity on STEM faculties, with an intersectional focus on women with identities that historically have been marginalized. The specific aims are as follows: 1) enhance recruitment, 2) improve retention through training Promotion and Tenure Committees, creating a cadre of equity-minded Allies, and collecting qualitative data to understand departures and retentions, and 3) support and train unit leaders in equity efforts. Thus, the scope of the project encompasses equity across all phases of faculty careers and on into leadership. The research methods include quantitative and qualitative approaches to evaluate success in providing participants with new skills, in improving department climate, and in retention outcomes. Expected results include an increase in equitable recruitment and retention, improved climate, and a better understanding of the specific barriers faculty face. The project aims to contribute to research literature in organizational change and equity. Outcomes and findings will be disseminated at conferences, in academic publications, and in articles and talks for broad audiences. 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 "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.

科罗拉多州立大学将解决全国范围内科学、技术、数学和工程 (STEM) 学科教师之间不平等的重大问题。具体来说，该项目旨在提高招聘、保留和晋升方面的公平性，重点关注性别平等，承认人们拥有的其他类型的文化、种族、身体和经济背景。因此，这项工作的目标是提高 STEM 学科的多样性。这个问题很重要，因为更加多元化的劳动力能够更有效地解决问题，而且在一个更加公正的社会中，大学教师的构成将毫无偏见地反映博士毕业生的可用性。这个问题尚未得到解决，因为不平等现象十分复杂，并且根植于美国社会和学术界的历史之中。然而，这并不棘手，通过认真执行项目，科罗拉多州立大学旨在提高 STEM 教师的公平性。为了解决不平等问题，项目团队的目标是根据科罗拉多州的具体情况采用一些基于证据的最佳实践。该项目的目标是四大变革。 1）修订了招聘新教师的方法。 2) 通过培训盟友在发现不平等现象时进行干预，改善单位氛围。 3) 通过对审查委员会的培训和支持改进绩效审查流程。 4) 通过公平教育增强领导力，他们既有权进行变革，又对变革负责。该项目活动的预期成果是改善所有人的气候和文化，并改善招聘和保留，从而在整个校园的 STEM 单位中实现更大的公平性和多样性。 ADVANCE 适应：科罗拉多州立大学性别平等步骤：通过基于证据的性别平等实践推进结构的总体目标是转变大学和单位的结构和文化，以改善 STEM 院系的气候和性别平等，并重点关注具有以下身份的女性： 历史上一直被边缘化。具体目标如下：1）加强招聘，2）通过培训晋升和任期委员会、创建一支具有公平意识的盟友干部队伍以及收集定性数据以了解离职和保留来提高保留率，以及3）支持和培训单位领导者的公平工作。因此，该项目的范围涵盖了教师职业生涯各个阶段以及领导力的公平性。研究方法包括定量和定性方法，以评估在为参与者提供新技能、改善部门氛围和保留结果方面是否成功。预期成果包括增加公平招聘和保留、改善氛围以及更好地了解教师面临的具体障碍。该项目旨在为组织变革和公平方面的研究文献做出贡献。结果和调查结果将在会议、学术出版物以及面向广大受众的文章和演讲中传播。 NSF ADVANCE 计划旨在通过重点识别和消除阻碍学术机构多元化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、实践以及组织文化和氛围中。 ADVANCE“适应”奖为学术性、非营利性高等教育机构以及非学术性、非营利组织适应和采用循证策略提供支持。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。