ADVANCE IT: University of Utah Institutional Change Studios—Systemic Institutional Change Through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation

ADVANCE IT：犹他大学制度变革工作室——通过问题驱动的迭代适应进行系统性制度变革

• 批准号: 2319989
• 负责人: Taylor Randall
• 金额: $ 299.5万
• 依托单位: University of Utah
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2028-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2319989&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ADVANCE; University; Utah; Institutional; Change

The University of Utah (UU) ADVANCE Institutional Transformation (IT) project will adapt and develop the use of “problem driven iterative adaptation” (PDIA) and “Institutional Change Studios” (IC Studios) to an institution of higher education. PDIA comes from the field of international development and will be applied in the IC Studios to create a dynamic “learn-by-doing” process involving several steps: 1) analyze root causes of a specific problem that local stakeholders have identified as a priority, 2) identify starting points to address the problem, 3) take action, 4) reflect on results, 5) adapt and iterate as needed based on outcomes and lessons learned. The UU ADVANCE IT project will establish IC Studios that will focus on three key themes of institutional need: 1) faculty support and community, 2) faculty workload equity, and 3) collaborative structures for ongoing systemic change. The IC Studios are intended to cultivate a culture of continuous improvement to address on-going and emerging systemic equity issues for all tenure and career-line faculty and institutionalize the structures required to nourish and sustain this culture. The University of Utah is a decentralized university that is home to several STEM colleges, each with its own history, culture, disciplinary lens, programs, and policies. One-size-fits all solutions have historically not worked well at UU. PDIA is well suited to this context as it allows for different approaches to problem solving and solutions. The IC Studios will be supported by the ADVANCE Intersectional Data Core team that will leverage existing institutional data sources, develop and pilot test new data collection methods, and compile needed additional data. The original research associated with the project will advance understandings of the ways racism, sexism, cisheterogenderism, ableism, and other modes of domination coalesce in STEM spaces to impact the career trajectories of STEM faculty and how faculty members use their social networks to navigate professional climates. This work is novel in the area of social network analysis and will offer rich data and results not only applicable to the University of Utah, but also communities at other large research-intensive Universities across the U.S. The findings from the research will also inform the work of the IC Studios and will advance understanding of how the diversity of faculty networks lead to successful careers and happy faculty who are committed to their institutions and communities. 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 "Institutional Transformation" awards provide support for the development and testing of new systemic change strategies for gender equity in institution of higher education.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.

犹他州大学（UU）的先进机构转型（IT）项目将适应和发展使用“问题驱动的迭代适应”（PDIA）和“机构变革工作室”（IC工作室）的高等教育机构。PDIA来自国际发展领域，将在IC Studios中应用，以创建一个动态的“边做边学”过程，包括以下几个步骤：1）分析当地利益相关者确定为优先事项的具体问题的根本原因，2）确定解决问题的起点，3）采取行动，4）反思结果，5）根据成果和经验教训，根据需要进行调整和补充。UU ADVANCE IT项目将建立IC工作室，专注于机构需求的三个关键主题：1）教师支持和社区，2）教师工作量公平，3）持续系统变革的协作结构。IC工作室旨在培养一种持续改进的文化，以解决所有终身教职和职业线教师的持续和新出现的系统性公平问题，并将滋养和维持这种文化所需的结构制度化。犹他州大学是一所分散的大学，是几个STEM学院的所在地，每个学院都有自己的历史，文化，学科透镜，计划和政策。一刀切的解决方案在UU历史上并不奏效。PDIA非常适合这种情况，因为它允许不同的方法来解决问题和解决方案。IC Studios将得到ADVANCE Intersectional Data Core团队的支持，该团队将利用现有的机构数据源，开发和试点测试新的数据收集方法，并汇编所需的额外数据。与该项目相关的原始研究将促进对种族主义，性别歧视，cisheterogenderism，ableism，和其他模式的统治合并在STEM空间，以影响STEM教师的职业轨迹，以及教师如何使用他们的社交网络导航专业气候。这项工作在社会网络分析领域是新颖的，将提供丰富的数据和结果，不仅适用于犹他州大学，也包括其他大型研究机构的社区，这项研究的结果也将为IC工作室的工作提供信息，并将促进对教师网络的多样性如何导致成功的职业生涯和致力于自己事业的快乐教师的理解。机构和社区。NSF ADVANCE计划旨在通过重点确定和消除阻碍学术机构中不同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、做法，以及组织文化和氛围。推进“制度转型”该奖项为高等教育机构中性别平等的新系统变革战略的开发和测试提供支持。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评估被认为值得支持。影响审查标准。