2009 ~ University of Nebraska- fl,IDVANGE " .... Lincoln ADVANCE-Nebraska Program ANNUAL REPORT Period Covered: 1 September 2008 – 31 May 2009 The UNL ADVANCE Office Address: 21 Canfield Program is supported by a Lincoln, NE 68588-0420 grant from the National Phone: 402-472-3304 Science Foundation. FAX: 402-472-6276 http://advance.unl.edu [email protected] 1 Table of Contents SECTION I. SUMMARY OF PROJECT ACTIVITIES ........................................................................... 6 SECTION I-A. 2008-2009 PROJECT SUMMARY ..................................................................................... 6 SECTION I.B. PROGRAM ORGANIZATION ............................................................................................... 7 SECTION I-C. PARTICIPANTS ................................................................................................................ 8 1. Project Staff ............................................................................................................................... 8 2. Other Organizations as Partners ............................................................................................. 10 3. Other Collaborators and Contacts ........................................................................................... 11 a. Miscellaneous Collaborators and Contacts ........................................................................................ 11 b. Internal Advisory Board (IAB) ............................................................................................................. 11 c. External Advisory Board (EAB) ........................................................................................................... 12 4. Personnel Changes ................................................................................................................. 12 SECTION I-D. ACTIVITIES AND FINDINGS ............................................................................................. 13 1. Describe the major research and education activities of the project. ..................................... 13 a. Activities that Address Goal 1: to hire more women STEM faculty ..................................................... 13 i. New wording on advertisements for new faculty positions .............................................................. 13 ii. Establish Dual Career Procedure, Implemented, and Communicated to Applicants ...................... 13 iii. Results of New Dual Career Procedures ....................................................................................... 13 iv. Focus Groups of Search Committee Chairs .................................................................................. 14 v. Improvement of Academic Affairs “Work-Life Balance” website ..................................................... 15 vi. Showcase Visits ............................................................................................................................ 15 vi. Recruitment Ambassadors ............................................................................................................ 15 b. Activities that Address Goal 2: increase retention and support women STEM faculty into positions of leadership ....................................................................................................................................................... 16 i. Paths to Success Luncheon Series ................................................................................................. 16 ii. Professional Development Workshops ........................................................................................... 18 iii. Communication with STEM Faculty ............................................................................................... 19 iv. Faculty Exit Surveys ...................................................................................................................... 19 c. Activities that Address Goals 1 and 2: increase hiring and improve retention of women STEM faculty ........................................................................................................................................................................ 20 i. Recruit-Nebraska and Promote-Nebraska Committees .................................................................. 20 ii. Visit by External Evaluator .............................................................................................................. 20 iii. Departmental Grants ..................................................................................................................... 21 d. Research Findings .............................................................................................................................. 21 i. Baseline Data Collection ................................................................................................................. 21 ii. Descriptive Summary Reports ........................................................................................................ 22 iii. Academic Research ....................................................................................................................... 22 iv. Future Data Collection Efforts ....................................................................................................... 23 v. COACHE (Climate) Survey ............................................................................................................ 23 e. Institutional Change Effected by ADVANCE-Nebraska ...................................................................... 24 i. Establishment of Office in the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs ............... 24 ii. Establish regular meetings with Key Players .................................................................................. 24 iii. Communication among constituents: website, Blackboard, E-news .............................................. 25 iv. changes in data collection by IRP .................................................................................................. 26 f. Synergistic Activities ............................................................................................................................ 26 i. Chancellors’ Commission on the Status of Women (CCSW) .......................................................... 27 ii. President’s Gender Equity Advisory Committee ............................................................................. 28 iii. Diversity Initiative ........................................................................................................................... 29 iv. Engineering and Arts and Sciences Activities ............................................................................... 29 v. Recruit- and Promote-Nebraska Committees ................................................................................. 29 vi. Results of Search Committee chair focus groups .......................................................................... 29 2 vii. HERC explorations ....................................................................................................................... 29 viii. COACHE survey user’s workshop – connections with other institutions interested in recruiting and retaining faculty and creating institutions that will foster success for all. .............................................. 29 ix. Table Summarizing Additional Synergistic Activities ..................................................................... 29 2. Describe the major findings resulting from these activities ..................................................... 30 a. Challenges in the first year: Areas of Difficulty/Resistance and Strategies to Address Them ............ 31 b. What an ADVANCE program needs for success ................................................................................ 31 3. Describe the opportunities for training and development provided by your project. ............... 32 a. Training for ADVANCE-Nebraska Personnel ..................................................................................... 32 b. ADVANCE-Sponsored Training Activities ........................................................................................... 33 4. Outreach Activities .................................................................................................................. 33 SECTION I-E. PUBLICATIONS AND PRODUCTS ..................................................................................... 34 1. What have you published as a result of this work? ................................................................. 34 2. What website or other Internet site have you created? ........................................................... 35 3. What other specific products (databases, physical collections, educational aids, software, instruments, or the like) have you developed? ................................................................................... 35 SECTION I-F. CONTRIBUTIONS ............................................................................................................ 35 1. Contributions Within Discipline: The principal discipline(s) of the project ............................... 35 a. Dual Career process ........................................................................................................................... 35 b. Improved communication among STEM departments on campus ..................................................... 35 c. Gathered