Increasing the Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement of Women in STEM at Indiana's Community College System (ivy WiSTEM)

常青藤理工学院是印第安纳州范围内的社区学院系统，它提议在全州范围内调查STEM女性在全职和兼职职位上的招聘和晋升差异。它们有四个基本目标，包括：收集和处理有关STEM领域女性招聘、保留和晋升的机构数据；审查体制改革的现有来源和模式；争取体制上对转型的支持；制定全面的转型计划。他们将使用的一些策略来实现他们的目标是调查，焦点小组，嘉宾演讲和访问其他ADVANCE机构。文献中缺乏关于社区学院女性STEM的信息，作为全国最大的社区学院系统，该提案提供了一个独特的机会，可以收集大量关于这一未被充分研究的人群的信息。正如设计的那样，模型构建和重要数据收集的潜力是突出的。社区学院在培养STEM专业人才，包括最终的博士学位获得者和URM STEM专业人才方面发挥着巨大的作用，这是有据可考的。在这种情况下，了解STEM女性教师的雇佣、保留和晋升将对文学基础做出巨大贡献。

Ivy Tech, Indiana's state-wide system of community colleges, proposes to conduct a statewide investigation of differences in the hiring and advancement of STEM women in both full-time and adjunct positions. They have four basic goals including: the collection and processing of institutional data on recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in STEM; review available sources and models for institutional transformation; garner institutional support for transformation; and develop a comprehensive transformation plan. Some of the strategies they will use to accomplish their goals are surveys, focus groups, guest speakers, and visits to other ADVANCE institutions. Information about women in STEM at community colleges is lacking in the literature and as the largest community college system in the country, this proposal presents a unique opportunity to collect a large amount of information about this understudied population. As designed, the potential for model building and significant data collection are outstanding. The enormous role that community colleges play in the production of STEM professionals, including eventual PhD recipients and URM STEM professionals is well documented. Understanding the hiring, retention, and promotion STEM women faculty in this setting would contribute greatly to the literature base.