ADVANCE Catalyst: Lead & Accelerate University Change for STEM Faculty at West Chester University (LAUnCh STEM at WCU)

西切斯特大学(WCU)高级催化剂项目在WCU启动STEM，将进行一项机构自我评估，旨在提高WCU STEM教师的职业成功。该项目将侧重于公平的留任、招聘、职业发展和工资。在WCU推出STEM将评估WCU STEM教员目前的差距，并找出导致STEM教员不平等的制度障碍。该项目将从其他先进机构中确定成功的公平战略，供WCU可能采用，并将制定一项五年大学公平战略计划。机构自我评估、外部项目调查和五年战略计划将为改善该机构STEM教师的公平性奠定基础。由于体制政策的相互关联性质，这项工作将使STEM学科和非STEM学科受益。该项目的结果将定期与WCU社区沟通。在WCU启动STEM聘请了一个由高级管理人员组成的内部指导委员会、一个外部顾问委员会和具有相关专业知识的团队专家，以及一名内部评估员。该项目预计将加深我们对一所工会的、公立的、综合的、新建的R2大学STEM教师公平问题的理解。NSF高级计划旨在通过专注于发现和消除阻碍不同教师充分参与和提升学术机构的组织障碍来促进性别公平。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。先进的“催化剂”奖为学术、非营利性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。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The West Chester University (WCU) ADVANCE Catalyst project, LAUnCh STEM at WCU, will undertake an institutional self-assessment directed at improving the career success for STEM faculty at WCU. The project will focus on equitable retention, recruitment, career advancement, and wages. LAUnCh STEM at WCU will assess the current disparities for STEM faculty at WCU and identify institutional barriers that contribute to inequities among STEM faculty. The project will identify successful equity strategies from other ADVANCE institutions for possible adaptation at WCU, and it will generate a five-year university equity strategic plan. The institutional self-assessment, external program investigation, and five-year strategic plan will set a foundation to improve equity for STEM faculty at the institution. This work will benefit STEM disciplines as well as non-STEM disciplines due to the interconnected nature of institutional policy. Results of the project will be regularly communicated with the WCU community. LAUnCh STEM at WCU engages an internal steering committee of upper administrators, an external advisory board and Team Specialists with relevant expertise, and an internal evaluator. The project is expected to add to our understanding of STEM faculty equity issues at a unionized, public, comprehensive, new R2 university.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 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.