A Catalyst to ADVANCE the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic STEM Careers at Middle Tennessee State University

中田纳西州立大学（MTSU）在该州46所公立高等教育系统中处于领先地位。它的ADVANCE IT-Catalyst奖将使教师和管理人员能够合作制定政策和实践，使科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）领域的女性教师能够在系统中茁壮成长，并帮助优秀的教师和重要的榜样尽其所能。IT-Catalyst奖项帮助机构启动关键的机构转型，以满足婴儿潮一代退休后新聘用的教师的需求。MTSU将进行详细的自我评估，收集MTSU雇用和晋升STEM女性的数据。他们将使用各种社交媒体向MTSU的教师和具有类似使命和地理位置的姐妹机构通报情况。MTSU将与多个利益相关者进行跨校园讨论，讨论如何改善MTSU的招聘、雇佣和STEM教师的专业发展。他们将举办一次会议，在田纳西州及其他地区的公立高等教育系统中传播他们的发现。

Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) leads the 46-member system of public higher education in the state. Its ADVANCE IT-Catalyst award will enable faculty and administrators to partner to develop policies and practices that allow science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) women faculty to thrive in the system, and help keep excellent faculty and important role models doing their best. IT-Catalyst awards help institutions jump-start key institutional transformation to serve the needs of the new faculty being hired as the baby boomer generation retires. MTSU will conduct a detailed self-assessment, collecting data on hiring and promotion of STEM women at MTSU. They will use a variety of social media to inform both MTSU faculty and sister institutions with similar mission and geography. MTSU will engage multiple stakeholders in a cross-campus discussion of how to improve MTSU's recruitment, hiring, and professional development of its STEM faculty. They will host a conference to disseminate their findings across the public higher education system in Tennessee and beyond.