1	UAB ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award 2003-2008 National Science Foundation
2	UAB ADVANCE External Evaluation American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Research Competitiveness Program Panel: Amanda Hunt, Chair (AAAS) Shirley Malcom (AAAS) Yolanda George (AAAS; not present for site visit) Suzanne Brainard (U Washington) Anne Machung (U California system)
3	UAB ADVANCE AAAS Site Visit April 12-14, 2004 Agenda Meet with UAB administrators Meet with administrators and faculty of the Schools of NSM, Engineering and SBS Meet with UAB ADVANCE team members
4	AAAS RCP 2004 Report: UAB ADVANCE Introduction Dual role of AAAS RCP Provide external assessment of program Provide recommendations for future directions General Findings Qualified energetic staff Many accomplishments to date Much support on campus from top down Commission on the Status of Women
5	AAAS RCP Report on UAB ADVANCE Specific Findings and Recommendations (with U Washington as model) Increasing project visibility Website linkage with UAB home page Ambiguous policies, policy transformations Investigate policies for Dual career hires Spouse-partner program good start√ Family leave, tenure clock extension, part time tenure track faculty positions
6	AAAS RCP Report on UAB ADVANCE Specific Findings (con’t) Yearly review for faculty members Establish “next level audit” coupled with tenure preparation process Provide clear guidelines for achieving tenure Training Offer training in areas of diversity, sexual harassment, new faculty orientation, mentoring
7	AAAS RCP Report on UAB ADVANCE Specific Findings (con’t) Mentoring Offer programs for deans, chairs, faculty, graduate students Establish Ombudsman Office Collaborations Office of the VP for Equity and Diversity√ Other NSF ADVANCE institutions Attend national ADVANCE meetings√ UAB accreditation process
8	AAAS RCP Report on UAB ADVANCE Specific Findings (con’t) Resources Develop database of local day-care facilities for website posting√ Contribute funds for faculty job advertisements to recruit women candidates
9	AAAS RCP Report on UAB ADVANCE Institutional and Project Self-Assessment Data collection√ Institutional data sources√ Need for clear, measurable, realistic long-term goals Targeted policy changes Numerical goals for hiring and retention Need baseline information for both
10	AAAS RCP Report on UAB ADVANCE Institutional and Project Self-Assessment (con’t) Linking ADVANCE goals to broader institutional goals Strategic Plan and Scorecards How do these goals relate to women S&E faculty? What can ADVANCE do to promote the goals? Integrating qualitative and quantitative data Pilot test new surveys Hire focus groups to determine important issues
11	AAAS RCP Report on UAB ADVANCE Institutional and Project Self-Assessment (con’t) Improving visual display of data√ Comparing the medical to the non-medical side of campus Medical side has more women Collect data campus-wide for better comparisons Use medical side as model for policy transformation ex 10 year tenure clock