ADVANCE Catalyst: Virtual Observatory of Culture for Equity in Academia at the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras (VoCEA)

波多黎各大学皮德拉斯校区（uprp）的NSF ADVANCE Catalyst的目标是评估该机构组织文化的关键组成部分，这些组成部分阻碍了对学术女性及其在STEM领域的努力和贡献的有效“计数”。利用文化组织（SCO）框架，该项目将解决四个问题：1)机构研究和机构数据传播在组织文化中发挥了什么作用；2)性别平等和包容是否被整合到prrp的可观察的工件、价值观、规范和潜在假设中；3)性别平等和包容在prrp新成员的社会化中发挥了什么作用，包括获得学术公民身份；4)战略微计划在多大程度上催化了prrp的变革？uprp Catalyst项目被称为VoCEA，即学术界文化平等虚拟观测站，VoCEA在西班牙语中的意思是“提高你的声音”。该项目将收集和分析有关STEM教师的机构数据，以识别和理解系统性的基于性别的平等和组织文化问题。该项目旨在开启整个机构的讨论，并对现状提出质疑。VoCEA将为uprp制定一项为期五年的STEM教师公平计划，其绩效指标与公平、多元文化和问责制有关。NSF ADVANCE项目旨在通过识别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、过程、实践以及组织文化和气候中。ADVANCE“催化剂”奖为学术、非营利高等教育机构的机构公平评估和五年教师公平战略计划的制定提供支持。该项目得到了科学与工程学院计划的共同资助，该计划旨在加强科学与工程学院的本科教育，扩大科学与工程学院的参与，并建设科学与工程学院的能力。考虑到hsi的多样性和背景，实现这些目标需要创新的方法来激励机构和社区转型，并促进基础研究(1)关于参与式学生学习，(2)关于如何有效地使STEM多样化和增加参与，以及(3)提高我们对如何在hsi建立机构能力的理解。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

The goal of the NSF ADVANCE Catalyst at the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras campus (UPRRP) is to assess critical components of the organizational culture of the institution that prevent effective “counting” of academic women and their efforts and contributions in STEM. Using a cultural organizational (SCO) framework the project will address four questions: 1) What role does institutional research and institutional data dissemination play in organizational culture, 2) Are gender equity and inclusion integrated into observable artifacts, values, norms, and underlying assumptions at UPRRP, 3) What role does gender equity and inclusion play in the socialization of new UPRRP members, including gaining academic citizenship, and 4) ) To what extent can strategic microplanning catalyze change at UPRRP?The UPRRP Catalyst project is called VoCEA for Virtual Observatory for Culture Equity in Academia, vocea means “to raise your voice” in Spanish. The project will collect and analyze institutional data about STEM faculty to identify and understand systemic gender-based equity and organizational culture issues. The project is designed to open discussions across the institution and question the status quo. VoCEA will result in the development of a five-year STEM faculty equity plan for UPRRP with performance indicators tied to equity, multiculturality, and accountability. 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 "Catalyst" awards provide support for institutional equity assessments and the development of five-year faculty equity strategic plans at academic, non-profit institutions of higher education.This project was supported with co-funding of the HSI Program which aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education, broaden participation in STEM, and build capacity at HSIs. Achieving these aims, given the diverse nature and context of the HSIs, requires innovative approaches that incentivize institutional and community transformation and promote fundamental research (i) on engaged student learning, (ii) about what it takes to diversify and increase participation in STEM effectively, and (iii) that improves our understanding of how to build institutional capacity at HSIs.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.