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University Of Maine Nsf-Advance Project Outcomes Report, Jeffrey Hecker, Amy Fried, Eleanor Groden, Karen Horton, Susan K. Gardner, Susan Hunter, Jody Jellison
University Of Maine Nsf-Advance Project Outcomes Report, Jeffrey Hecker, Amy Fried, Eleanor Groden, Karen Horton, Susan K. Gardner, Susan Hunter, Jody Jellison
ADVANCE Grant Documents and Reports
The University of Maine ADVANCE IT project proposes a three-pronged approach to institutional gender equity for STEM women faculty. Specific goals and objectives include increasing the percentage of women in the STEM disciplines, supporting professional development activities, addressing recruitment, retention and advancement of women faculty and engaging other campuses in the University of Maine System, as well as the faculty union, through the dissemination of information regarding ADVANCE outcomes.
Intellectual Merit. The proposed activities are rooted in a conceptual framework that focuses on faculty job satisfaction, which plays a major role in retention. This project also presents a unique perspective …