Enhancing the Culture for Recruiting, Retaining and Advancing Women in STEM

西佛罗里达大学提出了一项预付款项目，重点是使教师多样化。认识到有色人种学生的比例在该机构历史上首次超过有色人种教师的比例，该机构寻求建立一个项目，以加强在STEM学科中招聘、保留和提升女性教师的支持性和包容性文化。这一目标的核心是几个具体目标，包括：促进更多样化的申请者群体，增加聘用和保留女性的数量，为女性教师和领导提供职业发展机会，以及教育当前的机构管理人员多元化的价值。在提案和项目中指出了这些目标，特别关注有色人种妇女并与之相关。与这个项目的目标密切相关的是一个植根于积极心理资本的概念框架。因此，该项目既关注教师个人，也关注雇用这些教师的整个机构。该项目融合了两种社会科学理论，积极心理资本和社会/生态系统理论，重点是提高个人和组织层面对性别平等的理解。具体活动改编自成功的ADVANCE模式，并以独特的方式应用于综合性机构。由于这个项目，将获得详细说明在非研究密集型机构实现性别平等途径的重要资料，并在全国传播。由于该项目的重点是综合性的、非研究密集型的机构，西佛罗里达大学预付项目将对促进美国所有类似机构的性别平等产生巨大影响。这一点尤其重要，因为在这些类型的机构中雇用的女教师人数过高。

The University of West Florida proposes an ADVANCE PAID project that focuses on diversifying the faculty. Recognizing that for the first time in the institution's history, the proportion of students of color has exceeded the proportion of faculty of color, the institution seeks to build a program for enhancing a supporting and inclusive culture for recruiting, retaining and advancing women faculty in the STEM disciplines. Central to this goal are several specific objectives that include: promoting a more diverse applicant pool, increasing the number of women hired and retained, providing professional development for women faculty and leadership opportunity, and educating current institution administrators on the value of diversity. These objectives are indicated within the proposal and the project to have special attention and relevancy to women of color. Also germane to the goal of this project is a conceptual framework that is rooted in positive psychological capital. As such, the project focuses on both the individual member of faculty and the entire institution the employs these faculty.Intellectual Merit This project blends two social science theories, positive psychological capital and social/ecological systems theory, that focus on enhancing understanding of gender equity at the individual and organizational levels. Specific activities are adapted from successful ADVANCE models and applied in a unique way to a comprehensive institution. As a result of this project, important information detailing paths to gender equity at non research intensive institutions will be gained and disseminated across the country. Broader Impact Because of the focus of this project on comprehensive, non research intensive institutions, the University of West Florida ADVANCE PAID project will have a dramatic impact on promoting gender equity at all institutions of similar type in the US. This is particularly significant given the disproportionately high number of women faculty who are employed at these institution types.