IT-C: Differences and Deficits Affecting Women STEM Faculty: Creating a Framework for Change at a Rural Public University

默里州立大学(MSU)将实施一项高级机构转型-催化剂(IT-Catalyst)项目，以开展机构自我评估活动。密歇根州立大学将对教师进行调查和访谈，审查现有的机构数据和政策，对先进的机构进行现场访问，邀请演讲者到校园向管理层和教师提供信息和教育，并开展辅导圈以支持初级STEM教师。密歇根州立大学提供了一个独特的机会，在肯塔基州西部农村地区的一所以本科为主的地区性综合性公立大学中，审查STEM学科女性教员的招聘、保留和晋升情况。密歇根州立大学服务于一个在STEM教育方面历来服务不足的地区，在招聘和留住STEM女教职员工和学生方面一直面临挑战。默里州立大学的项目将增加我们对影响农村学术环境中女性的因素的了解。该项目可作为其他农村地区大学的典范，在这些大学中，女性教员在科技教育管理专业中的比例普遍偏低。高级计划的重点是开发系统性的方法，以增加女性在学术STEM职业生涯中的参与、留住和晋升。IT-Catalyst Track为进行机构自我评估以及实施已被证明有效地解决STEM教职员工性别问题的战略的项目提供资金。

Murray State University (MSU) will implement an ADVANCE Institutional Transformation-Catalyst (IT-Catalyst) project to undertake institutional self-assessment activities. MSU will conduct surveys of faculty and interviews, review existing institutional data and policies, conduct site-visits to ADVANCE institutions, invite speakers to campus to inform and educate the administration and faculty, and conduct mentoring circles to support junior STEM faculty. MSU provides a unique opportunity to examine the recruitment, retention and promotion of women faculty in STEM disciplines at a regional comprehensive and primarily undergraduate public university in rural western Kentucky. MSU serves a region that has been historically underserved in STEM education and has been challenged to recruit and retain female faculty and students in STEM. The Murray State University project will add to our understanding of the factors that impact women in a rural academic environment. This project may serve as a model for other rural regional universities where women faculty are commonly underrepresented in STEM. The ADVANCE program is focused on developing systemic approaches to increase the participation, retention, and advancement of women in academic STEM careers. The IT-Catalyst track funds projects to conduct institutional self-assessments as well as implement strategies that have been shown to be effective to address gendered issues for STEM faculty.