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

先进催化剂：铅

• 批准号: 2331317
• 负责人: Lisa Marano
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2025-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2331317&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ADVANCE; Catalyst; Lead; & Accelerate

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.

西切斯特大学（WCU）Advance Catalyst项目在WCU推出STEM，将进行一项机构自我评估，旨在改善WCU的STEM教师的职业成功。该项目将集中于公平的保留，招聘，职业发展和工资。 WCU的发射STEM将评估WCU STEM教师的当前差异，并确定导致STEM教师不平等的机构障碍。该项目将从其他高级机构中确定成功的股权策略，以在WCU进行适应，并将生成五年的大学股权战略计划。机构的自我评估，外部计划调查和五年战略计划将为改善机构STEM教师的股权提供基础。由于机构政策的相互联系性质，这项工作将使STEM学科以及非系统学科受益。该项目的结果将定期与WCU社区进行交流。 WCU启动STEM与上级管理员，外部顾问委员会和团队专家的内部指导委员会与具有相关专业知识的团队专家以及内部评估员。预计该项目将增加我们对工会，公共，全面，新的R2大学的STEM教师平等问题的理解。NSFAdvance计划旨在通过关注和消除组织障碍的识别和消除组织障碍，从而促进性别平等，从而妨碍在学术机构中的全面参与和进步的组织障碍。抑制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。提前的“催化剂”奖项为机构公平评估提供了支持，并在学术，非营利性高等教育机构中制定了五年的教职权益战略计划。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响来通过评估来支持的。