ADVANCE Leadership Award

在过去的三十年里，斯佩尔曼学院在努力增加女性人数和完成数学学士学位以及进入并坚持科学，数学和工程研究生课程的非洲裔美国学生人数方面取得了长足的进步。这些努力使人们更好地了解了学术培训和早期专业发展的需要，以及吸引这些学生进入更高水平的学术卓越和学术领导所需的支持机制。这也导致了一个骨干的女教师谁担任领导职务，在整个SEM领域在自己的学科。目前的先进项目打算利用过去的成功，追求以下目标：b.利用学术著作传播关于旨在提高妇女在研究生数学课程中的保留率的支助结构的信息;以及关于促进妇女在科学界职业生涯的支助机制的信息。促进PI的过渡回到全职研究和教学职位后，在努力扩大SEM领域的学术领导者管道的长期领导。提高妇女在高等教育中担任数学家等学术职务的能力，并提高妇女在科学、工程和数学学术界担任领导职务的能力，特别重视少数民族妇女。高级方案的总体使命是通过增加妇女在学术科学和工程职业中的代表性和地位，增加妇女在科学和工程劳动力中的参与。

Over the past thirty years Spelman College has made great strides in its efforts to increase thenumber of women and the number of African American students who complete bachelor's degreesin mathematics and who enter into and persist in graduate programs in the sciences, mathematics andengineering. Those efforts have resulted in a greater understanding of the academic training and earlyprofessional development needs, and the support mechanisms required to attract these students intothe higher levels of academic excellence and academic leadership. It has also resulted in a cadre ofwomen faculty who hold leadership positions throughout the SEM areas in their own disciplines.The current ADVANCE project intends to capitalize on past success by pursuing the followinggoals:a. Use scholarly writings to disseminate information regarding support structuresaimed at increasing retention among women in graduate mathematics programs; andinformation on support mechanisms to advance the careers of women in the scientificcommunity.b. Facilitate the transition of the PI back to a full-time research and teaching positionfollowing a period of long-term leadership in efforts to expand the pipeline ofacademic leaders in SEM areas.c. Increase the capacity of women to assume academic positions in higher educationas mathematicians and to advance to leadership roles in the science, engineering andmathematics academic community, with a particular emphasis on minority women.This project is supported by the NSF ADVANCE Program. The overall mission of the ADVANCE Program is to increase the participation of women in the scientific and engineering workforce through the increased representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers.