ADVANCE Adaptation: Leveling the Playing Field, Strategic Equity Initiatives at Murray State University

默里州立大学(MSU)高级适应项目将改善MSU STEM教师的公平性，这是一所位于肯塔基州西部农村的地区性综合性公立大学，主要是本科生。密歇根州立大学为一个在STEM教育方面历来服务不足的地区提供服务。密歇根州立大学的适应项目将改编来自新汉普郡大学(UNH)、华盛顿大学(UW)和杰克逊州立大学(JSU)的课程。密歇根州立大学学习将调整UNH的互动剧场计划，以减少对搜索、终身教职和推广委员会的隐性偏见。密歇根州立大学Growth将通过调整JSU的写作静修和UW的教员研讨会以及继续默里州立大学的同行导师圈来解决留住和领导力发展问题。密歇根州立大学LIVE将通过创建总统工作-生活特别工作组、教育密歇根州立大学社区了解现有政策以及制定/修订有关工作场所灵活性和配偶住宿的政策来解决工作/生活平衡问题。该项目通过继续导师圈子计划和继续年度数据收集，建立在成功的高级催化剂奖的基础上。这一适应项目也将补充和促进密歇根州立大学的长期战略举措计划，以招聘、保留和聘用不同的教师。密歇根州立大学-LIVE将有助于聘用不同的候选人，并消除终身教职和晋升过程中的偏见；密歇根州立大学-成长将为职业生涯早期和职业生涯中期的教师提供专业发展和指导机会；密歇根州立大学-LIVE将使密歇根大学成为一个更适合家庭的工作场所。该项目旨在最终惠及密歇根州立大学的所有教职员工。最后，该项目有可能通过要求向州高等教育委员会报告的多样性计划，向肯塔基州的所有高等教育机构提供信息。NSF高级方案旨在通过重点确定和消除阻碍学术机构中不同教员充分参与和进步的组织障碍来促进性别平等。阻碍公平的组织障碍可能存在于政策、流程、实践以及组织文化和氛围中。先期“适应”奖为学术、非营利性高等教育机构以及非学术、非营利性组织的适应和采用循证策略提供支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Murray State University (MSU) ADVANCE Adaptation project, will improve equity for STEM faculty at MSU, which is a regional comprehensive and primarily undergraduate public university in rural western Kentucky. MSU serves a region that has been historically underserved in STEM education. The MSU Adaptation project will adapt programs from the University of New Hampshire (UNH), University of Washington (UW), and Jackson State University (JSU). MSU LEARN will adapt UNH's interactive theatre program to reduce implicit bias on search, tenure and promotion committees. MSU GROW will address retention and leadership development by adapting JSU's writing retreats and UW's faculty workshops and continuing Murray State's peer mentoring circles. MSU LIVE will address work/life balance by creating a President's Work-Life Task Force, educating the MSU community about existing policies, and creating/revising policies regarding workplace flexibility and spousal accommodation. This project builds on a successful ADVANCE Catalyst award by continuing the Mentoring Circle program and continue annual data collection. This Adaptation project will also complement and contribute to MSU's long-term Strategic Initiatives Plan to recruit, retain and engage a diverse faculty. MSU-LEARN will contribute to hiring of diverse candidates and removing bias from tenure and promotion processes; MSU-GROW will provide professional development and mentoring opportunities for both early-career and mid-career faculty; and MSU-LIVE will make MSU a family-friendlier workplace. The project is designed to ultimately benefit all faculty at MSU. Finally, this project has the potential to inform all institutions of higher education in Kentucky through a diversity plan required to be reported to the state Council on Postsecondary Education. The NSF ADVANCE program is designed to foster gender equity through a focus on the identification and elimination of organizational barriers that impede the full participation and advancement of diverse faculty in academic institutions. Organizational barriers that inhibit equity may exist in policies, processes, practices, and the organizational culture and climate. ADVANCE "Adaptation" awards provide support for the adaptation and adoption of evidence-based strategies to academic, non-profit institution of higher education as well as non-academic, non-profit organizations.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.