Faculty Composition and Doctorates Awarded: An Analysis and Comparison of the Colleges of Engineering at ADVANCE Institutions and their Non-ADVANCE Peers (2001 - 2009)

In 2001, an inaugural group of nine universities received the NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation (IT) awards.The NSF ADVANCE program seeks to increase the representation of women in science and engineering with the understanding that systematic transformation of the U.S. institutions of higher education is essential to this effort.Using the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) data, we examine faculty composition and Ph.D.s awarded as indicators in these transformational initiatives.We find that, with regard to faculty composition and engineering doctorates awarded to women, ADVANCE institutions have made significant gains and generally exceed national average rates, but do not uniformly outperform their non-ADVANCE peers.We are further unable to distinguish a clear relationship between the presence of women faculty and the changes in the percentage of women graduating with engineering Ph.D.s across all institutions studied.We discuss these findings in light of extant literature on the ADVANCE IT program and increasing women's representation in STEM fields.We conclude by suggesting that while there are some immediate results apparent from the NSF ADVANCE program, institutional transformation is a long-term process

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2025-02-18
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https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2-1153-51547
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Engineering Education and Curriculum Development
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Faculty Composition and Doctorates Awarded: An Analysis and Comparison of the Colleges of Engineering at ADVANCE Institutions and their Non-ADVANCE Peers (2001 - 2009)

Valerie H. Hunt, Shauna A. Morimoto, Joseph J. Rencis, Anna Zajicek
Engineering Education and Curriculum Development
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Faculty Composition and Doctorates Awarded: An Analysis and Comparison of the Colleges of Engineering at ADVANCE Institutions and their Non-ADVANCE Peers (2001 - 2009)

Valerie H. Hunt, Shauna A. Morimoto, Joseph J. Rencis, Anna Zajicek
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In 2001, an inaugural group of nine universities received the NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation (IT) awards.The NSF ADVANCE program seeks to increase the representation of women in science and engineering with the understanding that systematic transformation of the U.S. institutions of higher education is essential to this effort.Using the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) data, we examine faculty composition and Ph.D.s awarded as indicators in these transformational initiatives.We find that, with regard to faculty composition and engineering doctorates awarded to women, ADVANCE institutions have made significant gains and generally exceed national average rates, but do not uniformly outperform their non-ADVANCE peers.We are further unable to distinguish a clear relationship between the presence of women faculty and the changes in the percentage of women graduating with engineering Ph.D.s across all institutions studied.We discuss these findings in light of extant literature on the ADVANCE IT program and increasing women's representation in STEM fields.We conclude by suggesting that while there are some immediate results apparent from the NSF ADVANCE program, institutional transformation is a long-term process

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