Panel/Workshop:

Concurrent Session

Paper Title:

The University of Wisconsin-Madison ADVANCE Program: Progress to Date

Date & Time:

06/10/03  11:10

Abstract:

The UW-Madison has completed the first year of its 5-year NSF ADVANCE grant. We have created a multi-disciplinary research organization, the Women in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI), which is evaluating existing initiatives on campus; organizing research projects assessing the status of women in science and engineering on campus; implementing new initiatives that address gaps in the support for women in science and engineering; evaluating the success of new initiatives; and evaluating the overall success of the ADVANCE grant on the UW-Madison campus. In this paper, we discuss the first year data collection efforts; the new initiatives WISELI will undertake in Years 1 through 3; and the evaluation strategy we will undertake, including the introduction of a theoretical framework for understanding institutional change. In our presentation, we plan to include some preliminary results from our Study of Faculty Worklife at UW-Madison surveys, fielded in early 2003.

Index Terms ¾ NSF ADVANCE, Women in Science and Engineering.

Authors:

Jennifer Sheridan , University of Wisconsin - Madison
Women In Science & Engineering Leadership Institut , 2640 Engineering Hall , 1415 Engineering Drive
Madison , WI , 53706
sheridan@engr.wisc.edu

Molly Carnes , University of Wisconsin - Madison

Jo Handelsman , University of Wisconsin - Madison