ADVANCE Catalyst: Virtual Observatory of Culture for Equity in Academia at the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras (VoCEA)

波多黎各大学里约热内卢校区(UPRRP)的国家科学基金会先进促进会(UPRRP)的目标是评估该机构组织文化的关键组成部分，这些组成部分阻碍了学术女性的有效“计数”及其在STEM中的努力和贡献。该项目将利用文化组织(SCO)框架解决四个问题：1)机构研究和机构数据传播在组织文化中发挥什么作用；2)性别平等和包容是否纳入了UPRRP可观察到的人工制品、价值观、规范和基本假设；3)性别平等和包容在UPRRP新成员的社会化过程中发挥了什么作用，包括获得学术公民身份；4)战略微观规划可以在多大程度上促进UPRRP的变革？UPRRP Catalyst项目名为VoCEA，意为学术中文化公平虚拟观察站，VOCEA在西班牙语中的意思是“提高你的声音”。该项目将收集和分析关于STEM教员的机构数据，以确定和了解系统性的基于性别的公平和组织文化问题。该项目旨在引发整个机构的讨论，并对现状提出质疑。VOCEA将为UPRRP制定一项为期五年的STEM教师公平计划，并将绩效指标与公平、多元文化和问责挂钩。NSF高级方案旨在通过重点确定和消除阻碍学术机构中不同教员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。先进的“催化剂”奖项为学术、非营利性高等教育机构的机构公平评估和制定五年教师公平战略计划提供支持。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，扩大对STEM的参与，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。

The goal of the NSF ADVANCE Catalyst at the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras campus (UPRRP) is to assess critical components of the organizational culture of the institution that prevent effective “counting” of academic women and their efforts and contributions in STEM. Using a cultural organizational (SCO) framework the project will address four questions: 1) What role does institutional research and institutional data dissemination play in organizational culture, 2) Are gender equity and inclusion integrated into observable artifacts, values, norms, and underlying assumptions at UPRRP, 3) What role does gender equity and inclusion play in the socialization of new UPRRP members, including gaining academic citizenship, and 4) ) To what extent can strategic microplanning catalyze change at UPRRP?The UPRRP Catalyst project is called VoCEA for Virtual Observatory for Culture Equity in Academia, vocea means “to raise your voice” in Spanish. The project will collect and analyze institutional data about STEM faculty to identify and understand systemic gender-based equity and organizational culture issues. The project is designed to open discussions across the institution and question the status quo. VoCEA will result in the development of a five-year STEM faculty equity plan for UPRRP with performance indicators tied to equity, multiculturality, and accountability. 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 academic, non-profit institutions of higher education.This project was supported with co-funding of 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.