Institutions Developing Excellence in Academic Leadership (IDEAL): Year Two AchievementsAmanda Shaffer, Project Director, IDEAL

Diana Bilimoria, Professor, Organizational Behavior, Co-PILynn T. Singer, Deputy Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, PI

www.case.edu/provost/ideal November 2011

ABSTRACTInstitutions Developing Excellence in Academic Leadership (IDEAL) is a three-year NSF ADVANCE PAID project to seed gender equity transformation at five regional public institutions of higher education in northern Ohio (Bowling Green State University, Cleveland State University, Kent State University, University of Akron, and University of Toledo) and continue the institutional transformation at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). The goal of this innovative partnership is to create an institutional learning community that is empowered to develop and leverage knowledge, skills, resources and networks to transform academic cultures and enhance equity and inclusion. IDEAL adapts and disseminates the successful academic leadership development and institutional transformation methods developed by CWRU during its five-year ADVANCE Institutional Transformation initiative. This poster describes the institutional transformation themes, goals and initiatives of IDEAL’s first two years.

Institutional Transformation Theme

Build Intellectual Community & Collegiality

Year One Goals•Identify barriers and develop strategies for creating collegial interactions

Year One Activities and Accomplishments•Conducted climate survey and faculty focus groups spring 2010•Campus visit by Bernice Sandler•Supported Faculty Senate to promote change impacting women faculty

Year Two Goals•Increase community and collegiality around diversity and inclusion in STEM•Foster recruitment and retention of women faculty in STEM fields

Year Two Activities and Accomplishments•Nine STEM search committee meetings to discuss subtle bias and best practices in diversity recruiting•Completed factor analysis of climate survey results •IDEAL BGSU website was created •Reanalysis of Climate Survey uncovered several significant differences between women and men at BGSU. •The faculty-to-faculty search committee training effectively engaged STEM faculty. Will be institutionalized in Year 3 •BGSU IDEAL website and blog has provided online resources for STEM faculty that have not existed in the past.•Writers Club proposed to provide a new support structure for faculty productivity•NSF ADVANCE IT CATALYST grant initiative

Institutional Transformation ThemeEnhancing Collegiality and Inclusion in

Science and Engineering

Year One Goals•Identify faculty development needs by career stage in the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS and make recommendations to the Dean

Year One Activities and Accomplishments•Convened CAS faculty caucuses (by rank) and developed a feasible plan for the Dean

Case School of EngineeringYear Two Goal •Design a Launch Committee to establish new faculty at the Case School of Engineering

Year Two Activities and Accomplishments•Defined goals, expectations and committee structure Established assessments •Piloted committee with four faculty members•Developed “The Launching Committee: A How to Guide (LCG)”•LCG outlines timeframe (contract signed to end of the first year), goals, expectations, committee composition, and assessment.

Weatherhead School of ManagementYear Two Goal •Conduct a pilot mentoring program for new junior faculty (under three years)

Year Two Activities and Accomplishments•Designed/implemented mentoring program and determined steps to institutionalize •Mentees viewed program as “very effective” •Mentors want program to start as soon as faculty are hired.•Called an “outstanding initiative” that should be broader and more visible in WSOM.

Institutional Transformation ThemeEnhancing the Leadership of Women and Underrepresented Minority S&E faculty

Year One Goals

•Identify barriers to leadership for women and URM faculty•Focus on policies, practices and structures that would make leadership more attractive and feasible.

Year One Activities and Accomplishments

•Gathered data on representation of women in leadership roles at CSU •Conducted focus groups of women faculty in S&E•Raised awareness of barriers to women in leadership in CSU community

Year Two Goals

•Solicit input regarding creation of a Center for Faculty Development and Leadership•Plan faculty development sessions

Year Two Activities and Accomplishments

•Raised awareness of issues related to inclusive environments and faculty development•Collected data regarding sessions and faculty interest in faculty development•Based on Year One focus group identified two topics for faculty development sessions•“Life Events and the Academic Career”, on April 14, 2011 (25 attendees) •“Creating Inclusive and Productive Academic Environments”, April 26, 2011 (33 attendees)•Forged partnership with Center for Teaching Excellence and the Institutional Diversity Office to continue the sessions in 2011/12.

Institutional Transformation ThemeEnhancing the Climate for Scholarly

and Collegial Community in the College of Arts and Sciences

Year One Goals•Conduct climate survey in College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) •Campus-wide discussion of the Women in Science Committee Report (2009)•Develop a chair handbook and resources for a CAS available on a website

Year One Activities and Accomplishments•Coalition building with administrators•Created IDEAL website with resources for chairs and faculty•Designed, administered and analyzed climate survey of CAS faculty

Year Two Goals•Increase visibility of IDEAL program•Provide strategies and techniques for addressing both subtle and overt bias•Develop workshops based on climate survey and focus group discussion

Year Two Activities and Accomplishments•Disseminated Climate Survey data and held faculty focus groups•Invited speakers for monthly brown-bag meetings for faculty development•Increased the institutional support from the President, Provost and Office of Diversity•President’s State of the University Address articulated support for IDEAL related issues •Newly formed Presidential Taskforce on Women in STEM Research and Education will recommend actions to promote the participation and success of underrepresented groups at all levels of STEM education and research.”•NSF ADVANCE IT grant initiative

Institutional Transformation ThemeFaculty Hiring that Makes a Difference

Year One Goals•Create a data snapshot of recruitment, hiring and retention •Interview search committee chairs, women hired in last three years and female candidates who declined positions to create a profile of UA hiring practices

Year One Activities and Accomplishments•Conducted search interviews and proposed improvements from national best practices on IDEAL website•Compiled gender demographics of undergraduate students, and regular faculty in STEM departments •Developed promotional video about the value of diversity in recruitment

Year Two Goals•Re-organize Year One search best practices website resources •Augment HR search committee training of STEM department with best practices

Year Two Activities and Accomplishments •Met with new Provost, Deans and Associate Deans of the Colleges of Engineering and Arts & Sciences about low numbers of female faculty in STEM departments•Collected STEM faculty potential retiree data•Continued Year One hiring data collection•Added Physics, Polymer Sci. and Polymer Eng. departments to IDEAL activities•NSFADVANCE IT CATALYST grant initiative

Institutional Transformation ThemeCreating a climate for successful retention,

tenure, and promotion

Year One Goals•Develop and administer a faculty climate survey•Raise awareness of the change project and build alliances•Identify at least three initiatives to address findings from the survey

Year One Activities and Accomplishments•Administered climate survey through Office of Institutional Research •Undertook coalition building and steady communication with key administrators on campus

Year Two Goals•Design professional development program for women in engineering at UT•Develop peer advising system and and reward structure for faculty advisors•Engage STEMM Deans and Chairs about how to communicate clear expectations for tenure/advancement of all faculty

Year Two Activities and Accomplishments•Created the “Program for the Advancement of Women in STEMM (PAWS)” •Hosted faculty outreach and networking events in School of Medicine and College of Engineering •PAWS implementation discussed with and approved by the dean of Engineering•Peer advising team assignments made•Office of Equity and Diversity engaged to present to peer advising teams on mentoring relationships, effective meetings and other topics.•NSF ADVANCE IT grant initiative