ADVANCE IT: University of Utah Institutional Change Studios—Systemic Institutional Change Through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation

犹他大学（UU） ADVANCE Institutional Transformation （IT）项目将适应和发展“问题驱动迭代适应”（PDIA）和“制度变革工作室”（IC工作室）在高等教育机构中的应用。PDIA来自国际发展领域，将应用于IC工作室，以创建一个动态的“边做边学”过程，包括几个步骤：1)分析当地利益相关者确定为优先事项的特定问题的根本原因，2)确定解决问题的起点，3)采取行动，4)反思结果，5)根据结果和经验教训根据需要进行调整和迭代。UU ADVANCE IT项目将建立IC工作室，重点关注机构需求的三个关键主题：1)教师支持和社区，2)教师工作量公平，以及3)正在进行的系统变革的协作结构。IC工作室旨在培养一种持续改进的文化，以解决所有终身教职和职业生涯线教师正在发生的和正在出现的系统性公平问题，并将滋养和维持这种文化所需的结构制度化。犹他大学是一所分散的大学，有几个STEM学院，每个学院都有自己的历史、文化、学科视角、项目和政策。一刀切的解决方案历来在UU并不奏效。PDIA非常适合这种情况，因为它允许使用不同的方法来解决问题和解决方案。IC工作室将得到ADVANCE交叉数据核心团队的支持，该团队将利用现有的机构数据源，开发和试点测试新的数据收集方法，并汇编所需的额外数据。 与该项目相关的原始研究将促进对种族主义、性别歧视、异性恋性别歧视、残疾歧视和其他统治模式在STEM空间中融合的方式的理解，从而影响STEM教师的职业轨迹，以及教师如何利用他们的社交网络来驾驭职业气候。这项工作在社会网络分析领域是新颖的，将提供丰富的数据和结果，不仅适用于犹他大学，也适用于美国其他大型研究密集型大学的社区。研究结果还将为IC工作室的工作提供信息，并将促进对教师网络多样性如何导致成功的职业生涯和快乐的教师谁致力于他们的机构和社区的理解。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“机构转型”奖为制定和测试高等教育机构性别平等的新的系统性变革战略提供支持。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 University of Utah (UU) ADVANCE Institutional Transformation (IT) project will adapt and develop the use of “problem driven iterative adaptation” (PDIA) and “Institutional Change Studios” (IC Studios) to an institution of higher education. PDIA comes from the field of international development and will be applied in the IC Studios to create a dynamic “learn-by-doing” process involving several steps: 1) analyze root causes of a specific problem that local stakeholders have identified as a priority, 2) identify starting points to address the problem, 3) take action, 4) reflect on results, 5) adapt and iterate as needed based on outcomes and lessons learned. The UU ADVANCE IT project will establish IC Studios that will focus on three key themes of institutional need: 1) faculty support and community, 2) faculty workload equity, and 3) collaborative structures for ongoing systemic change. The IC Studios are intended to cultivate a culture of continuous improvement to address on-going and emerging systemic equity issues for all tenure and career-line faculty and institutionalize the structures required to nourish and sustain this culture. The University of Utah is a decentralized university that is home to several STEM colleges, each with its own history, culture, disciplinary lens, programs, and policies. One-size-fits all solutions have historically not worked well at UU. PDIA is well suited to this context as it allows for different approaches to problem solving and solutions. The IC Studios will be supported by the ADVANCE Intersectional Data Core team that will leverage existing institutional data sources, develop and pilot test new data collection methods, and compile needed additional data. The original research associated with the project will advance understandings of the ways racism, sexism, cisheterogenderism, ableism, and other modes of domination coalesce in STEM spaces to impact the career trajectories of STEM faculty and how faculty members use their social networks to navigate professional climates. This work is novel in the area of social network analysis and will offer rich data and results not only applicable to the University of Utah, but also communities at other large research-intensive Universities across the U.S. The findings from the research will also inform the work of the IC Studios and will advance understanding of how the diversity of faculty networks lead to successful careers and happy faculty who are committed to their institutions and communities. 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 "Institutional Transformation" awards provide support for the development and testing of new systemic change strategies for gender equity in institution of higher education.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.