Collaborative Research: GSE/EXT: Expanding the Pool Local Cooperatives for Recruiting and Retaining Women in Disciplines with Least Women

合作研究：GSE/EXT：扩大当地合作社库，以招募和留住女性最少的学科中的女性

• 批准号: 1203198
• 负责人: Lucinda Sanders
• 金额: $ 93.66万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1203198&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; GSE; EXT; Expanding

Intellectual Merit: The University of Colorado at Boulder, in collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Virginia, and the University of Washington are supporting an extension service project that is synergistically serving the disciplines most in need of help for improving women's representation: computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering. At each of 30 institutions, interdepartmental teams of change agents from computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering departments are being established. In each institution, high-level administrative commitment is elicited. At each "client" institution, the interdepartmental teams recruit cooperatively for "net new women," as opposed to raiding each other's pool of potential majors. Each department is adopting research-based methods for retaining undergraduate women, such as improved faculty-student interaction, and will be held accountable for initiatives, evaluation, and reporting. Cooperative department teams are supported and guided by a cadre of highly trained and experienced consultants. These train their assigned interdisciplinary teams on proven practices and methods for recruiting and retaining women. In addition, experienced staff and external evaluators will support departments and consultants with tracking and evaluation tools, collect and review periodic progress reports, and recommend improvements. This extension service focuses on reforming departmental and faculty practices in sustainable ways for long-term improvement in their undergraduate gender balance. Broader Impacts: The project will significantly raise the number of women of all races and ethnicities who receive bachelor's degrees in the neediest fields: computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering. Explicitly including minority-serving institutions will help to meet national diversity goals in these areas. Use of data to identify minority women's typical major choices will support local recruiting on each campus. The project will bring explicit, widespread attention to the exemplar institutions and document their approaches so that others may emulate their practices.

智力优势：科罗拉多大学博尔德分校与德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校、弗吉尼亚大学和华盛顿大学合作，支持一项推广服务项目，该项目协同服务于最需要帮助的学科，以改善女性的智力水平。代表：计算机科学、计算机工程、电气工程和机械工程。在 30 个机构中，每个机构都正在建立由来自计算机科学、计算机工程、电气工程和机械工程系的变革推动者组成的跨部门团队。每个机构都得到了高层管理人员的承诺。在每个“客户”机构，跨部门团队合作招募“新女性”，而不是掠夺彼此的潜在专业库。每个院系都在采用基于研究的方法来留住女本科生，例如改善师生互动，并将对举措、评估和报告负责。合作部门团队由训练有素、经验丰富的顾问队伍提供支持和指导。这些机构对指定的跨学科团队进行了关于招聘和留住女性的行之有效的实践和方法的培训。此外，经验丰富的工作人员和外部评估人员将通过跟踪和评估工具为部门和顾问提供支持，收集和审查定期进度报告，并提出改进建议。这项推广服务的重点是以可持续的方式改革院系和教职员工的做法，以长期改善本科生性别平衡。更广泛的影响：该项目将显着增加在最需要的领域获得学士学位的所有种族和民族的女性人数：计算机科学、计算机工程、电气工程和机械工程。明确纳入为少数群体服务的机构将有助于实现这些领域的国家多样性目标。使用数据来确定少数族裔女性的典型专业选择将支持每个校园的本地招聘。该项目将为示范机构带来明确、广泛的关注，并记录他们的方法，以便其他人可以效仿他们的做法。