ADVANCE Adaptation: NYU InterScience-Systemic Changes in Leadership and Climate for Inclusive STEM

纽约大学(NYU)的高级适应项目InterScience将专注于改善纽约大学所有STEM教职员工的工作文化和环境。该项目旨在实施新的政策和做法，以提高STEM教师职业生涯中代表性不足的妇女和有色人种妇女的保留率、成就率、满意度和代表性。跨科学项目有三个主要目标(1)培养STEM教师发挥领导作用，特别是作为系主任；(2)通过关键培训增强系主任、中心领导人和倡导者的能力；(3)提高所有STEM教师的保留率、终身教职成功、满意度和归属感。高级项目将与现有的NSF AGEP Elevate计划合作，该计划专注于初级色彩学院。利用这两个项目所做的工作。由于系主任在指导初级教员、设置系氛围、招聘以及终身教职和晋升过程中发挥着至关重要的作用，因此该项目将致力于改善担任这一领导角色的途径，以确保来自代表性不足群体的STEM教职员工对此感兴趣。该项目将制定和实施新的政策，以提高主席角色的吸引力，创造新的副主席角色，并在任命教师担任领导职位的程序中提高透明度和公平性。此外，该项目将为主席、倡导者和中心主任提供定期培训，创建正式的多样性倡导者计划，并创建一系列指导和网络计划。拟议中的跨科学中心和数字指导平台将得到发展，包括来自纽约地区其他大学的教师，并可以作为美国其他大学的榜样。 高级计划旨在通过重点识别和消除阻碍学术机构中不同教员充分参与和发展的组织障碍来促进性别公平。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、非营利性组织提供调整和采用循证策略的支持。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。

The New York University’s (NYU) ADVANCE Adaptation project, InterScience, will focus on improving the workplace culture and climate at NYU for all STEM faculty. The project aims to implement new policies and practices that will lead to improved retention, success, satisfaction, and representation of women and women of color who are underrepresented in STEM faculty careers. The InterScience project has three main objectives (1) Develop STEM faculty for leadership roles, in particular as department chairs; (2) Empower department chairs, center leaders, and advocates with critical training; (3) Improve retention, tenure success, satisfaction, and sense of belonging for all STEM faculty. The ADVANCE project will partner with the existing NSF AGEP ELEVATE program which is focused on junior faculty of color. to leverage the work done by both projects. Because department chairs play a crucial role in mentoring junior faculty, in setting the department climate, in hiring, and in the tenure and promotion process, this project will focus on improving the pathway to this leadership role to ensure it is of interest to STEM faculty from underrepresented groups. The project will develop and implement new policies to improve the attractiveness of the role of chair, create new vice-chair roles, and improve transparency and equity in the procedure to appoint faculty to leadership positions. In addition, the project will provide regular training to Chairs, Advocates, and center directors, create a formalized Diversity Advocates program, and create a range of mentoring and networking programs. The proposed InterScience Center and digital mentoring platform will evolve to include faculty from other New York-area universities and can serve as a model for other universities in the US. 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 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.