Equity Action Workshops
Equity Action Workshops are organized for the administration and faculty of the NSF ADVANCE Program colleges and partner departments. They provide participants with greater understanding of gender issues and how to address those issues so that they will be prepared to create a more equitable working climate across the K-State campus.
Recruiting to Expand Applicant Pools (REAP) [College of Engineeering]
This initiative provides partial funding for search committees, department heads, and individual faculty members to develop recruiting efforts that intentionally focus on gender and ethnicity issues. This may involve travel to selected sites (professional meetings, universities, industries, etc.) to meet potential candidates for faculty positions and actively recruit in accordance with affirmative action guidelines.
Policy Review and Revision
Policies are being analyzed to address issues such as faculty leave, tenure and promotion, and recruitment. An established policy ensures that the burden of increased duties is distributed fairly, and includes appropriate elements of reciprocity.
Website Review and Revision
College and departmental websites are being studied and revised to ensure acknowledgement of diversity.
ADVANCE Distinguished Lecture Series
The purpose of this series is to encourage tenure-track women faculty members in partner departments to make the professional connections with leaders in their research area. Participation in this initiative accelerates the development of networks for the new faculty members, include women in decision-making roles, and create links between women faculty and disciplinary leaders.
Professional Development Program [College of Agriculture]
The college of Agriculture Professional Development Program provides funds to support tenure track and tenured women faculty members for focused professional development opportunities.
Career Milestones for Academic Personal Success (Career MAPS)
Career MAPS is envisioned as a “hire-to-retire” program. Deans and department heads work with women faculty members at all ranks to develop long-term career plans.
Career Enhancement Opportunities Initiatives (CEO) [College of Arts & Sciences]
Research Enhancement Visits (REV) [College of Engineering]
The CEO program provides funds to support tenure-track women in the nine science/mathematics departments of the College of Arts & Sciences for qualified professional development opportunities.
Research Enhancement Visits (REV) [College of Engineering]
The REV program encourages interaction between women faculty members and disciplinary leaders in their fields.
The CAP program for tenured women faculty in engineering and science is designed to enhance networking opportunities, research expertise and stature, and development of leadership skills.
Parallel Paths [College of Veterinary Medicine]
Parallel Paths is a group mentoring program to foster the development of junior faculty and sustain the productivity of senior faculty.
ADVANCE Program has sponsored six "partner departments" who have undertaken program initiatives that include review and revision of departmental policies, procedures, recruiting literature, and websites, with an eye toward identifying possible examples of subtle bias, inequities, and exclusion of women and members of other underrepresented groups. We now announce the opportunity for other departments to receive funding to implement these or other activities consistent with the goals of the project.
The Work/Life Resources Website is a central, highly visible, and easily accessible website that contains a collection of K-State and community resources of particular interest to women. Innovative aspects of this website will include: integration of personal and professional resources in one location, ability to search for information on specific needs, and a compilation of individual strategies to negotiate work-life balance issues.
Last updated:
September 12, 2007