The National Science Foundation's (NSF) overarching objectives for projects funded through the ADVANCE program include using intersectional approaches, evidence-based strategies, and stakeholder empowerment to drive gender equity for faculty in STEM. Below we list the specific objectives and metrics of success for the University of Utah ADVANCE project.
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Metrics of Success
- Implementation of system for tracking faculty workload, especially of service work
- Demonstration of increases in faculty sense of workload equity
- Enactment of new or revised policies and practices to improve faculty workload equity
- College leaders report how they are using the tracking system to support processes and practices for workload equity
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Metrics of Success
- Faculty report increases in sense of belonging, improved climate, sense of community
- Demonstration of increases in faculty retention, especially of minoritized faculty
- Establishment and refinement of faculty support programs
- Participation in programs piloted by Implementation Grants
- College leaders articulate ways they are accountable for faculty support and community
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Metrics of Success
- Establishment of sustainable structures for cross-college collaboration for problem-solving
- College leaders report having the tools and institutional support to continue to drive systemic change
- Faculty report that they are satisfied with their level of engagement in processes of systemic change
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Metrics of Success:
- Creation and institutionalization of data collection processes to assess and report out faculty demographics, as relates to retention, salary, and service activities, with particular attention to intersectional identities
- Stakeholders report use of the data to support IC Studio goals
The material herein is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No. 2319989. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.