ADVANCE IT-Catalyst: Transforming Faculty Gender Diversity at Florida Atlantic University

佛罗里达大西洋大学（FAU）将实施ADVANCE机构转型催化剂（IT-Catalyst）项目，开展机构自我评估活动，并试点ADVANCE机构的最佳实践。FAU是一所为城市少数民族服务的大学，在招聘和留住女教师方面面临着挑战，尤其是来自URM群体的女教师。FAU将管理终身制和非终身制教师的基线和后续调查，进行机构政策审查，审查ADVANCE最佳实践，选择试点实践，并使用机构和调查数据评估这些策略。FAU团队的目标是利用两项现有计划，扩大他们的重点，包括女性和URM STEM教师：一项研究指导计划，其中高级教师与初级教师配对，以制定提案；另一项领导力发展计划，现在还将包括为部门主管提供招聘和留住女性和URM教师的培训。一个校内AWIS工作组还将访问其他ADVANCE机构，以了解最佳实践，并将赞助AWIS研讨会。FAU的行政和机构领导人已经表达了他们对该项目和采用ADVANCE最佳做法的承诺。ADVANCE项目的重点是制定系统的方法，以提高女性在STEM学术事业中的参与度、留任率和晋升率。IT-Catalyst跟踪资助旨在进行机构自我评估和实施ADVANCE战略的项目，这些战略已被证明可有效解决STEM教师的性别问题。

Florida Atlantic University (FAU) will implement an ADVANCE Institutional Transformation-Catalyst (IT-Catalyst) project to undertake institutional self-assessment activities and pilot best practices from ADVANCE institutions. FAU is an urban, minority-serving institution that has faced challenges in recruiting and retaining women faculty, particularly those from URM groups. FAU will administer baseline and follow-up surveys of tenure track and non-tenure track faculty, conduct an institutional policy review, review ADVANCE best practices, choose practices to pilot, and evaluate these strategies using institutional and survey data. FAU's team aims to leverage two existing initiatives, broadening their foci to include women and URM STEM faculty: a research mentoring program in which senior faculty are paired with junior faculty to develop proposals, and a leadership development program which will also now include training for department heads on recruiting and retaining women and URM faculty. An on-campus AWIS taskforce will also visit other ADVANCE institutions to learn about best practices and will also sponsor AWIS workshops. FAU's administrative and institutional leaders have communicated their commitment to the project and to the adoption of ADVANCE best practices. 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 that aim to conduct institutional self-assessments and implement ADVANCE strategies that have been shown to be effective to address gendered issues for STEM faculty.