Institutionalizing transformation Update on CHARGE results and future plans

Outline CHARGE Overview CHARGE Results Institutionalization Post-Site Visit changes CHARGE Results CHARGE & Cornerstone Plan Enhancement Grants Faculty & Candidate Guide Dual Career DDI in the College, pilot Institutionalization Purpose & Model Efforts to Date Academic Search Portal Faculty Search Seminar Moving Forward Faculty Role

3rd Year site visit Overview Results Sustainability March 2015 Mid-program review to assess implementation of the grant, program effectiveness, and recommend course corrections Successful site visit; overall impressed with our accomplishments to date Programmatic Changes Narrowed goals from 5 to 3, realigned projects with goals, eliminated some projects, expanded others NSF recommendations: Replace Structured Dialogues with Advocates & Allies Revise Faculty and Candidate Guide Focus on dissemination moving forward Focus on institutionalization of successful projects Dissemination and institutionalization are integral to NSF awards and required; become prominent at end of grant Overview Results Sustainability

CHARGE GOALS & Projects Goal 1, 21st Century Departments: To strengthen and support departmental efforts to create a positive environment for all faculty with an emphasis on women and minorities Advocates & Allies/DDI in the College* Training Chairs and Deans P&T Policy Review (SEAS)* Goal 2, Recruitment & Hiring: To increase the gender diversity of STEM/SBE departments Faculty Search Seminar Academic Search Portal Faculty & Candidate Guide* Recruitment Grants Goal 3, Voices & Visibility: To increase the sense of belonging of STEM/SBE women faculty among their schools and departments Social Science Research: Safer Grounds Oral Histories with STEM women faculty Photo Exhibit on women STEM faculty Enhancement Grants Here is what the program looks like now; we’ve realigned projects under the 3 goals; each goal has better synergy across each other; In many ways working toward goals 1 and 2 support goals 3 New projects are starred Overview Results Sustainability

CHARGE Results Now let’s turn to some of CHARGE accomplishments

CHARGE contributions to Cornerstone Plan Pillar 4: Assemble & Support a Distinguishing Faculty Safer Grounds Project: retention & productivity Enhancement Grants: retention & productivity DDI: faculty searches, diversity, retention Faculty Search Seminars: best practices in faculty searches; diversity of candidate pools Academic Search Portal: best practices in faculty searches, diversity of candidate pools Recruitment Grants: diversity of the interview pool Tournament of Ideas & Follow-on Activities: dual career solutions Faculty & Candidate Guide: getting candidates to “yes” Overview Results Sustainability

Enhancement grants Overview Results Sustainability Grants Address issue of documented longer time in rank for women faculty Grants up to $5000 for career development and advancement 23 awarded to date; 9 reports submitted Results Awardees expand their research networks, enter new research areas and take risks, collaborate on new grants Report they feel valued and visible at U.Va. and in field More positive toward career & institution Overview Results Sustainability

Enhancement grants Overview Results Sustainability “This funding was essential to help me keep my work (and therefore me) visible at a time in my life where it is easy to fade into the scientific background due to my family responsibilities. I was subsequently awarded an NSF grant to continue this project, and I suspect that the visibility that the Enhancement funds helped to provide was important in this process.” –Kelsey Johnson, Assoc. Prof. of Astronomy In their own words, Kelsey went on to take over as lead of this initiative Overview Results Sustainability

Overview Results Sustainability 2,180 pageviews since Sept. 1, 2015 24% returning users 33% in Charlottesville Remainder from DC, RVA, Chicago, New Delhi, NYC, San Francisco Information on working at UVa and living in Charlottesville Look for our App, coming soon! Overview Results Sustainability

Directors of Diversity & Inclusion New Project NSF recommended Allies & Advocates project after site visit Began at UVa August 2015 College partner and model Had proposal for similar project Partnership to implement DDI as model College, CHARGE, Provost Office Structure & Purpose 1 faculty member each department Formal position at Director level Serve 3 years, last year mentor new DDI Priorities: faculty searches, hiring, and retention DDI creating community of practice CAROL COULD TAKE OVER HERE Overview Results Sustainability

Dual Career Solutions Overview Results Sustainability Challenge CHARGE Increase in offers made to women, but not accepting offers CHARGE Tournament of Ideas: Telework Center Grant proposal to Jefferson Trust to create telework center in WorkSpace 2.0 Supported by Provost, 9 Deans Dual Career Survey 25% of faculty responded to dual career survey Identified support & resource needs, culture change, use of telework center Provost Office Director of Dual Career Programs New position created by Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, Kerry Abrams Search committee reviewing CVs now; open to faculty spouses Overview Results Sustainability

Institutionalization of CHARGE PROJECTS So let’s take a look at some of these challenges and how we are addressing them Carol:

Institutionalization Purpose: NSF requires ADVANCE projects to be institutionalized by the end of the grant Make change sustainable Expand change beyond STEM departments CHARGE sustainability model: Decentralized; projects woven into existing systems & units Internal Advisory Board (IAB) leading institutionalization Chair, Kerry Abrams, Vice-Provost for Faculty Affairs Members: faculty, UHR, administrators Creating formal mechanisms and sustainability plans GET INVOLVED: join the IAB and help institutionalize change First projects to institutionalize Faculty Search Seminar Academic Search Portal The search portal works in concert with the faculty search seminars---also Part of Goal 2- Recruitment and Hiring Overview Results Sustainability

Faculty search seminars 2013 to 2015 299 attendees, 54% female; 82% faculty; 58% STEM/SBE Workshops on recognizing & mitigating implicit bias, best practices in searches; search committee dynamics Open to all faculty Sustainability Working group of faculty and administrators developing 2016 workshop GET INVOLVED: join the working group and help institutionalize change across the university Overview Results Sustainability

Academic Search Portal Launched September 2014 Dissemination Shared w/ADVANCE community Sustainability Will be migrated to Provost server Managed by Provost Office Updated to include non-STEM departments 2 required trainings streamlined and merged Overview Results Sustainability

Faculty role Overview Results Sustainability CHARGE is looking for faculty to support our efforts. You can: Join the Internal Advisory Board member institutionalizing change Join the Faculty Search Seminar Working Group Join the Implementation Team helping to implement projects For more information, contact: uvacharge@virginia.edu Overview Results Sustainability