ADVANCE Adaptation: Advancing Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in STEM (AIDE-STEM)

纽约市立学院S高级适应项目的总体目标是实施制度转型，为所有教职员工创造一个公平和支持性的职业环境，特别是女性和黑人、土著和有色人种STEM教职员工。在CCNY和全国的STEM中，女性和BIPOC教职员工的比例持续偏低，这破坏了STEM实现多样化、准备充分的劳动力队伍和国家繁荣。代表人数持续偏低的原因很复杂。解决这一持续偏低的问题的解决方案需要新的、多方面的综合方法，这些方法植根于推动学术事业的主要力量：研究、教学和服务。该项目将致力于确保女性和BIPOC教职员工得到支持，以便她们能够在这三大支柱中茁壮成长。该项目有三项关键活动：1.增加女性和BIPOC STEM教职员工的晋升、留住和指导。2.提高研究和协作的工作量公平性和内部支持。3.通过减少系统性种族主义，为所有人创造包容的环境。CCNY在CUNY教育系统中具有独特的地位，因为它包括CUNY医学院和格罗夫工程学院。CCNY之前的NSF高级催化剂奖的结果为当前项目的开发和设计提供了信息。包括教师访谈和气候调查在内的Catalyst机构自我评估工作表明，女性和BIPOC教师在CCNY的指导、对政策和程序的理解以及职业发展方面有着不同的经历。CCNY项目将采用过去几个先进机构的最佳做法。总的来说，这套活动是全面的，旨在解决Catalyst项目和教师调查中确定的系统性问题。NSF高级计划旨在通过专注于确定和消除阻碍不同教师在学术机构充分参与和晋升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“适应”奖为学术、非营利性高等教育机构以及非学术、非营利性组织适应和采用循证策略提供支持。该项目得到HSI计划的共同资助，该计划旨在加强本科生STEM教育，扩大STEM参与，并建设HSIS的能力。考虑到HSIS的不同性质和背景，实现这些目标需要创新的方法来激励机构和社区的变革，并促进基础研究(I)关于参与式学生学习，(Ii)关于如何有效地多样化和增加对STEM的参与，以及(Iii)提高我们对如何在HSIS建设机构能力的理解。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。

TThe overall goal of the City College of New York (CCNY) 's ADVANCE Adaptation project is to implement institutional transformation that fosters an equitable and supportive professional environment for all faculty, with a particular emphasis on women and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) STEM faculty. The persistent underrepresentation of women and BIPOC faculty in STEM at CCNY and across the nation undermines the attainment of a diverse, well-prepared STEM workforce and national prosperity. The reasons for the persistent underrepresentation are complex. The solutions to address this persistent underrepresentation require new and multi-faceted integrative approaches rooted in the primary forces that drive academic careers: research, teaching, and service. This project will work to ensure that women and BIPOC faculty are supported so they can thrive in all three of these pillars. The project has three key activities: 1. Increase the promotion, retention, and mentoring of women and BIPOC STEM faculty. 2. Improve workload equity and internal support for research and collaboration. 3. Foster an inclusive environment for all by decreasing systemic racism. CCNY is uniquely positioned in the CUNY educational system because it includes the CUNY School of Medicine and Grove School of Engineering.Results from a prior NSF ADVANCE Catalyst award at CCNY have informed the development and design of the current project. The Catalyst institutional self-assessment work, which included faculty interviews and climate surveys, indicated that women and BIPOC faculty have differential experiences in mentoring, understanding of policies and procedures, and career progression at CCNY. The CCNY project will adapt best practices from several past ADVANCE institutions. Together, the suite of activities is comprehensive and designed to address the systemic issues identified in the Catalyst project and faculty surveys.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 institutions of higher education as well as non-academic, non-profit organizations.This project was supported by a co-funding from the HSI Program, which aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education, broaden participation in STEM, and build capacity at HSIs. Achieving these aims, given the diverse nature and context of the HSIs, requires innovative approaches that incentivize institutional and community transformation and promote fundamental research (i) on engaged student learning, (ii) about what it takes to diversify and increase participation in STEM effectively, and (iii) that improves our understanding of how to build institutional capacity at HSIs.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.