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ReadÌý³Ù³ó±ðÌýStratEGIC Users' GuideÌýfirst for an overview of the StratEGIC Toolkit and advice on how to use it in planning or implementing your own initiative.

Watch a video introductionÌýto the StratEGIC Toolkit (~4 minutes).

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The 13ÌýStrategic Intervention BriefsÌý(4-7 pages each) examineÌýone type of strategic intervention that has been frequently used in ADVANCE initiatives. These interventions are not "one size fits all"—rather, the Briefs offer detailed information that will enable you to assess whether and how this intervention will be strategically useful to your institution as part of an overall change portfolio. The intent and structure of the Briefs will be most clear if you first read the concise introduction in theÌýStratEGIC Users' Guide.

1. Faculty professional development programs
2. Grants to individual faculty
3. Mentoring and networking activities
4. Development of institutional leaders
5. Inclusive recruitment and hiring
6. Equitable processes of tenure and promotion
7. Strengthened accountability structures
8. Flexible work arrangements
9. Practical family-friendly accommodations
10. Support for dual-career couples
11. Strategies for improving departmental climate
12. Visiting scholars
13. Enhanced visibility for women and women's issues

The 15ÌýInstitutional PortfoliosÌý(3-5 pages each) describe how different institutions combined interventions—such as those described in the Briefs—into an overall change portfolio.Ìý The Institutional Portfolios offer real examples of how project teams identified core problems for STEM women faculty on their campus; chose, designed and implemented interventions to address these problems; and assessed their success.Ìý All the Portfolios come from research on institutions funded in Rounds 1-2 of ADVANCE IT (funded 2001-04). The intent and structure of the Portfolios will be most clear if you first read the concise introduction in theÌýStratEGIC Users' Guide.

• Case Western Reserve
• Hunter College
• Kansas State
• New Mexico State
• U. California, Irvine
• U. Colorado Boulder
• U. Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
• U. Michigan
• U. Montana
• U. Puerto Rico at Humacao (UPRH)
• U. Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
• U. Washington
• U. Wisconsin-Madison
• Utah State
• Virginia Tech

The 11ÌýProgram PerspectivesÌýare video vignettes (8-13 minutes) that highlight the innovative work of specific institutions funded in later IT grants. Each vignette highlights a change leader from a single institution, describing key features of that project and challenges they faced, and giving advice about large change initiatives. Most of the Program Perspectives come from Rounds 3-6 of ADVANCE IT grants (funded 2006-12).

You can browse all the videos at theÌý.

°Õ³ó±ðÌýCross-Cutting PerspectivesÌýare video collages (most 5-6 minutes) that combine insights from a variety of ADVANCE leaders about the broad processes of change.

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You can browse all the videos at theÌý.

In addition to the StratEGIC Toolkit, we are also preparing scholarly publications based on our research findings. Publications to date include:

• Laursen, S., & Austin, A. (2021). Building gender equity in the academy: Institutional strategies for change. Presentation to celebrate 20 years of NSF ADVANCE, March 3. available, together with other presentations in the month-long series (slide attachments at the bottom of the page).ÌýÌý
• Laursen, S., & Austin, A. E. (2020).Ìý. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Laursen, S. L., & De Welde, K. (2019). .ÌýEquality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal,Ìý38(2), 140-159.ÌýÌýAuthor accepted MS
• Laursen, S. L., De Welde, K., & Austin, A. E. (2019).ÌýWorkshop Report:ÌýADVANCE and Beyond;ÌýThinking Strategically about Faculty-Based Institutional Change.ÌýBoulder, CO, Charleston, SC, & East Lansing, MI.
• Laursen, S. L., & Austin, A. E. (2018).ÌýÌýFaculty development for mid-career women in STEM: Cementing career success, building future leaders.ÌýÌýIn V. L. Baker, L. G. Lunsford, G. Neisler, M. J. Pifer, & A. L. TeroskyÌý(Eds.),ÌýÌý(pp. 221-242).ÌýÌýSterling, VA: Stylus. [Author accepted manuscript]
• Austin, A. E., & Laursen, S. L. (2015).ÌýÌýOrganizational Change Strategies in ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Projects: Synthesis of a Working Meeting. Boulder, CO, and East Lansing, MI.
• Laursen, S. L., Austin, A. E., Soto, M., & Martinez, D. (2015). .ÌýÌýChange:Ìý The Magazine of Higher Learning, 47(4), 16-24.Ìý DOI: 10.1080/00091383.2015.1053767 (Abstract)
• Laursen, S. L., Austin, A. E., Soto, M., & Martinez, D. (2015). . Ch. 5 in M.A. Holmes, S. O’Connell & K. Dutt (Eds.),ÌýWomen in the geosciences:Ìý Practical, positive practices toward parity,ÌýAGU Special Publications 70, Washington, DC, & Hoboken, NJ:Ìý American Geophysical Union & John Wiley & Sons; pp. 39-49.
• Laursen, S. L., & Austin, A. E. (2014). StratEGIC Toolkit: Strategies for Effecting Gender Equity and Institutional Change. Boulder, CO, and East Lansing, MI.ÌýÌý [this resource]
• Austin, A., Laursen, S., Hunter, A.-B., Soto, M., & Martinez, D. (2011.) Organizational change strategies to support the success of women scholars in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields: Categories, variations, and issues. Presented atÌýInciting the Social Imagination: Education Research for the Public Good, 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April 8-12. [Fulltext]

To learn more about the NSF ADVANCE program:

• The National Science Foundation'sÌýÌýincludes links to the most recent call for proposals and a listing of recent awards.
• °Õ³ó±ðÌýÌýis an indexed directory of ADVANCE-related resources, maintained at Virginia Tech.
• OurÌýStratEGIC Users GuideÌýincludes a list of additional reading.
• We compiled a list ofÌýADVANCE IT granteesÌýthrough 2019.
• We participated in theÌýÌýin May 2016.

We do not take responsibility for the content or currency of material at external links.