Georgia Tech NSF ADVANCEGeorgia Tech NSF ADVANCEResearch ProgramResearch Program

Mary Frank FoxCo-Principal Investigator

NSF ADVANCE Site VisitJune 2004

 

 

I.I. GT ADVANCE Initiative & Research GT ADVANCE Initiative & Research ProgramProgram

 

A. The Georgia Tech (GT) Research Program is closely tied to the GT ADVANCE Initiative’s integrated institutional approach.

B. The approach emphasizes organizational features and factors that shape positive outcomes through:1) Organizational climate2) Clarity/equity of guidelines for evaluation3) Collaborative networks of opportunity4) Supportive work-family/household practices

C. Aims of Research Program: 1) Help identify and portray what is “at issue” in perceptions, experiences, needs.2) Provide bases for continuing development of strategies for ADVANCE.3) Assess change in experiences.

II.II. GT Survey of Faculty Perceptions, GT Survey of Faculty Perceptions, Needs,Needs,

and Experiencesand Experiences A. Assesses perceptions and experiences of faculty in four key areas:1) Teaching and research2) Work environments3) Processes of evaluation4) Work-family/household arrangements

B. Mail Survey:Population of tenured and tenure-track women faculty, and stratified random sample of men in (4) Colleges: Computing, Engineering, Ivan Allen, Sciences.

C. Response Rate:76% of GT faculty: 85% of women (N=91), 70% of men (N=114)

D. Aims:1) Help serve as a means of defining the problem and developing strategies.2) Provide a base-line toward assessment of change (follow-up to base-line survey to occur in 2005).

III.III. Face-to-face Interviews, in follow-Face-to-face Interviews, in follow-up toup to

GT Survey GT Survey

 

A. Focus upon:1) Research: collaboration in research2) Work experiences: most and least satisfying

3) Distribution of resources: e.g., space, equipment4) Advancement: understandings of bases/criteria 5) Decision making: participation6) Academic career: importance of aspects7) Work-Family/personal life: affects and sense of control

B. Sample: 20 women faculty across ranks (junior and senior), four Colleges, and racial/ethnic groups – including three faculty members who have left.

C. Aims: 1) Help provide understanding of ways that environment may influence satisfaction, success, advancement.2) Characterize what is meant by “full participation.” 3) Identify issues of “critical transitions.”

IV. Survey of Peer InstitutionsIV. Survey of Peer Institutions

 

A. Focus: areas of GT Survey of Faculty.

B. Surveyed: tenured and tenure-track women and men faculty in Computer Science, Engineering, and Sciences (biology; chemistry; earth/atmospheric; math; physics; psychology) in 8 peer institutions. *

C. Response Rate: 65% of men (N=332); 65% of women (N=276)

D. Aim: Provide comparative context to GT survey/findings. *Population of faculty women in Computer Science, Engineering, and Sciences (except biology and psychology); stratified random sample of women in biology and psychology.  Stratified random sample of men faculty in Computer Science, Engineering, and Sciences.  Strata = fields within institutions.

V. Interface with and Support of: V. Interface with and Support of: Promotion and Tenure ADVANCE Promotion and Tenure ADVANCE

Committee (PTAC)Committee (PTAC)David McDowell (Regents Professor, Committee Chair)

Carol Colatrella (Professor and WST Co-director) A. PTAC Survey

B. Development of Case Studies, illustrating areas of potential biases

C. Awareness of Decisions in the Evaluation of Promotion and Tenure (ADEPT) – interactive tool to assist in identification of bias