ADVANCE Adaptation: CSU STEPS for Gender Equity: Advancing Structures through Evidence-based Practices for Gender Equity

科罗拉多州立大学将解决全国范围内科学、技术、数学和工程（STEM）学科教师不平等的重大问题。具体而言，该项目旨在改善招聘、留用和晋升方面的公平，重点是性别公平，承认人们拥有的其他类型的文化、种族、身体和经济背景。因此，这项工作的目标是提高STEM学科的多样性。这个问题很重要，因为更多样化的劳动力在解决问题方面更有效，在一个更公正的社会中，大学教师的组成将反映博士毕业生的可用性，而不带偏见。这个问题尚未得到解决，因为不平等现象很复杂，并且植根于美国社会和学术界的历史之中。然而，这并不棘手，通过仔细执行项目，科罗拉多州立大学的目标是提高STEM教师的公平性。为了解决不平等问题，项目小组的目标是使一些基于证据的最佳做法适应科罗拉多州的特殊情况。该项目的目标是四个主要变化。1)一个新的方法来招募新的教师。2)通过训练盟友在注意到不公平时进行干预来改善单位气氛。3)通过培训和对审查委员会的支持，改进业绩审查程序。4)通过平等教育加强领导，使他们既有能力进行变革，又有责任进行变革。项目活动的预期成果是改善所有人的气候和文化，并改善招聘和保留，从而提高校园内STEM单位的公平性和多样性。ADVANCE适应的总体目标：CSU STEPS for Gender Equity：通过基于证据的性别平等实践推进结构是为了改变大学和单位的结构和文化，以改善STEM学院的气氛和性别平等，以具有历史上被边缘化的身份的妇女为交叉重点。具体目标如下：（1）加强招聘工作;（2）通过培训晋升和任期委员会，建立一个具有平等意识的同盟骨干队伍，并收集定性数据以了解离职和留任情况，改善留任情况;（3）支持和培训单位领导人在平等方面的努力。因此，该项目的范围包括教师职业生涯的所有阶段的公平性，并进入领导层。研究方法包括定量和定性的方法来评估成功的参与者提供新的技能，在改善部门的气氛，并在保留的结果。预期成果包括增加公平招聘和保留，改善气候，以及更好地了解教师面临的具体障碍。该项目旨在为组织变革和公平方面的研究文献作出贡献。将在会议、学术出版物、文章和讲座中向广大受众传播成果和调查结果。NSF ADVANCE计划旨在通过重点确定和消除阻碍学术机构中不同教师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、做法以及组织文化和氛围中。ADVANCE "适应"奖为学术、非营利高等教育机构以及非学术、非营利组织提供基于证据的战略适应和采用支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Colorado State University will tackle the significant nation-wide problem of inequity among faculty members in Science, Technology, Math and Engineering (STEM) disciplines. Specifically, this project aims to improve equity in recruitment, retention and promotion, with a focus on gender equity that recognizes the other types of cultural, ethnic, physical, and economic backgrounds people have. The work thus targets improved diversity in STEM disciplines. This problem is important because more diverse workforces are more effective at solving problems, and in a more just society, university faculty composition would reflect availability of doctoral graduates without bias. This problem has not already been solved because inequities are complex and embedded into the history of US society and academia. It is not intractable, however, and through carefully executing projects, Colorado State aims to improve equity across the STEM faculty. To address inequities, the project team aims to adapt a number of evidence-based best practices to particular situations at Colorado State. The project targets four major changes. 1) A revised approach to recruiting new faculty. 2) Improved unit climates through training allies to intervene when they notice inequities. 3) Improved performance review processes with training and support for review committees. 4) Enhanced leadership through education in equity who are both empowered to and accountable for making change. The expected outcomes of the project activities are improved climate and culture for all, and improved recruitment and retention leading to greater equity and diversity in STEM units across campus.The overarching goal of ADVANCE Adaptation: CSU STEPS for Gender Equity: Advancing Structures through Evidence-based Practices for Gender Equity is to transform university and unit structures and culture to improve climate and gender equity on STEM faculties, with an intersectional focus on women with identities that historically have been marginalized. The specific aims are as follows: 1) enhance recruitment, 2) improve retention through training Promotion and Tenure Committees, creating a cadre of equity-minded Allies, and collecting qualitative data to understand departures and retentions, and 3) support and train unit leaders in equity efforts. Thus, the scope of the project encompasses equity across all phases of faculty careers and on into leadership. The research methods include quantitative and qualitative approaches to evaluate success in providing participants with new skills, in improving department climate, and in retention outcomes. Expected results include an increase in equitable recruitment and retention, improved climate, and a better understanding of the specific barriers faculty face. The project aims to contribute to research literature in organizational change and equity. Outcomes and findings will be disseminated at conferences, in academic publications, and in articles and talks for broad audiences. 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.