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Leveraging Internal and External Networks for Successful Programming
Manorama M. Khare, PhDMarch 4, 2013
Women in Science and Engineering System Transformation (WISEST) at the University of Illinois at Chicago
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Goal of WISEST
To increase the number, participation, and leadership status of minority and majority women in academic science and engineering through institutional transformation.
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The WISEST Strategies• Strategy 1: Warm the climate and decrease
isolation of women STEM faculty.• Strategy 2: Pilot initiatives to attract and
recruit minority women faculty. • Strategy 3: Transform STEM departments to
foster diversity and women’s leadership.• Strategy 4: Promote STEM women’s
scholarship and teaching.• Strategy 5: Improve the ability to track &
report the gender equity in STEM.
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Sturm’s Framework •Organizational catalysts
•Institutional Intermediaries
•Institutional Citizenship
M. Tam, M.M. Khare, J. Wichelecki (2012). Affecting Work-Life Friendly Policies and Programs for Institutional Transformation: Applying Sturm’s Architecture of Inclusion Framework to WISEST. 2012 WEPAN National Conference Proceedings.
Sturm, S. (2006). The architecture of inclusion: advancing workplace equity in higher education. Harvard Journal of Law and Gender , 29, 248-298.
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WISEST Executive CommitteeProvost, WISEST PI, Co-PIs, Director, Lead
Facilitator, CRWG Director, Deans of LAS & COE
STEM Department
Heads
WISEST Faculty
Facilitators
STEM Wome
n Faculty
Other STEM
Faculty
National Science
Foundation
UIC CWRGHoused WISEST
grant
Institutional Intermediaries
Organizational Catalysts
Institutional Citizenship
Life-Friendly Policies
•Revision of Tenure Hold Policy (August 16, 2008) to include automatic hold for a new child
•Modified Service Duty (January 1, 2009): one-semester modification of teaching duties for new child
•Partner Accommodation Policy
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ADVANCE Implementation Mentors (AIM) Network
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History• Initiated: ADVANCE PI meeting (Nov. 2010)
• Target Audience: ADVANCE Program Coordinators/Directors (i.e., IT, PAID, Catalyst)
• Goal: To optimize efficiency and effectiveness of national ADVANCE efforts by establishing a Community of Practice which would provide ADVANCE Program Coordinators/Directors with:
• on-demand support• intra-and-inter cohort mentoring • efficient information dissemination• best/promising practices identification
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Objectives• Establish a listserv (Dec. 2010)
• Establish a monthly meeting (Jan. 2011)• 2nd Tuesday of the month (8:30 PST)
• (509) 335-4700 (2466# or AIMM#)
• Establish a means for storing and sharing documents (Jan. 2011)
• WEPAN Knowledge Center: AIM Network Interest Group
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AIM Network Membership
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Membership has continued to grow over
the last 3 years…
AIM Network Members
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AIM Network Members at the 2011 NSF Joint Annual Meeting.
AIM Network Products• Monthly Topical Meetings
• Revised Work-Life Policy Benchmark Document
• Mentoring Practices Survey
• Underrepresented Minority STEM Women Program Survey
• Supplemental Grant: Women of Color Allies and Partners Project
• Webinar (Nov. 1st, 2012)
• Op Ed Project Training (Post ADVANCE Workshop, March 6th, 2013)
• AIM Network Website and Allies & Partners Project Toolkit (to come)
• AIM Network Community of Practice PAID Proposal
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