INCLUDES Collaborative Change Consortia: Developing and Strengthening Partnerships to Better Support Women of Color in the Engineering Workforce

这个NSF包括合作变革联盟项目的更广泛影响是，通过改善有色人种妇女的留存，增加在性别和种族交叉点的工程劳动力的多样性。在劳动力中，有色人种女性在工程专业人员中所占比例不到6%。研究显示，女性的离职率高于男性，这突显了现实世界中在招聘、晋升和薪酬决定方面的偏见和歧视，这对有色人种女性造成了特别可怕的后果。专业的STEM协会、学术机构和雇主为女性工程师和有色人种工程师开发了许多项目和服务，但这些努力往往没有为有色人种工程师提供足够的服务。该项目支持颜色工程中的女性合作(WCEC)，这是一个解决女性颜色工程师面临的独特挑战的联盟。通过一个由来自不同部门的组织组成的有凝聚力的支持系统，WCEC将利用资源促进系统变革，同时集体消除导致有色人种女工程师流失的障碍。WCEC增加了NSF包括National Network的STEM股权知识库，中心是一个经常被引用、但未得到充分研究和解决的挑战，即在工程工作中留住有色人种女性。拟议中的项目解决了一个首要问题：在留住有色人种女性进入工程专业方面，有多大的影响力？为了回答这个问题，WCEC将与成员组织分享有前途的做法的案例研究，支持有色人种妇女追求职业发展机会，并增加有色人种女工程师及其所在组织获得和接触现有计划和服务的机会。WCEC将从目前的29个组织扩大到包括更多来自行业、政府、高等教育和STEM专业协会的合作伙伴，以创建一个支持系统，通过她们在高等教育以及公共和私营部门的网络，系统地影响女性从大学到职业的过渡到晋升。使用集体影响的方法，WCEC将通过创新的解决方案和共享集体知识，解决存在于有色人种女性工程师的系统性障碍。该项目的影响将通过参与者反馈、提高认识和视角、更牢固的关系、更大的信心和更有效的领导来衡量。WCEC项目资源将通过WCEC网站、播客、网络研讨会和会议与国家科学基金会(包括国家网络和公众)共享。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 broader impact of this NSF INCLUDES Collaborative Change Consortia project is to increase the diversity of the engineering workforce at the intersections of gender and race by improving the retention of women of color. In the workforce, women of color comprise less than 6% of engineering professionals. Research shows women leave the profession at higher rates than men, highlighting real-world experiences of bias and discrimination in hiring, promotion, and compensation decisions, which have particularly dire consequences for women of color. Professional STEM societies, academic institutions, and employers have developed numerous programs and services for women engineers and engineers of color, but women of color engineers are often left underserved by these efforts. This project supports the Women of Color in Engineering Collaborative (WCEC), a consortium addressing the unique challenges facing women engineers of color. Through a cohesive support system of organizations from across sectors, the WCEC will leverage resources to promote systemic change while collectively removing barriers that lead to the attrition of women engineers of color. The WCEC adds to the NSF INCLUDES National Network’s STEM equity knowledge base, centering an often cited, yet understudied and under addressed, challenge of retaining women of color in the engineering workforce.The proposed project addresses one overarching question: How impactful are promising practices in retaining women of color in the engineering profession? To answer this question, the WCEC will share case studies of promising practices with member organizations, support women of color in their pursuit of professional development opportunities, and increase access and exposure of existing programs and services to women engineers of color and the organizations with which they engage. The WCEC will expand from its current membership of 29 organizations to include more partners from industry, government, higher education, and professional STEM societies to create a support system that systematically impacts women’s transition from college to career to promotion through their networks in higher education and the public and private sectors. Using a collective impact approach, the WCEC will tackle the systemic barriers that exist for women engineers of color through innovative solutions and the sharing of collective knowledge. The impact of the project will be measured through participant feedback, increased awareness and perspective, stronger relationships, greater confidence, and more effective leadership. WCEC project resources will be shared across the collaborative and with the NSF INCLUDES National Network and the public through the WCEC website, podcasts, webinars, and conferences.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.