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Implementation Of Advocates And Allies Programs To Support And Promote Gender Equity In Academia, Canan Bilen-Green, Jenna P. Carpenter, Stacy Door, Roger A. Green, Karen J. Horton, Melissa Latimer, Marci J. Levine

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Implementation of Advocates and Allies Programs to Support and Promote Gender Equity in Academia. Despite increasing attention and progress, the goal of achieving gender equality remains elusive across academic disciplines, particularly engineering. In, received an NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant to increase the participation of women infaculty and administrative positions and to address institutional deficiencies in recruitment,retention, advancement, and climate. One unique and effective initiative of ADVANCE project is the development, implementation, and sustainment of an Advocates and Allies program. Recognizing the vital role of majority groups (in this case men) to sustain or change institutional culture, the Advocates and …