Project CEOS

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Project CEOS Comprehensive Equity at Ohio
State ceos.osu.edu Comprehensive Equity at Ohio
State Leading to Excellence
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CEOS The Co-PIs

• Dr. Joan Herbers, PI Prof. of Evolution,
  Ecology, Organismal Biology, College of
  Biological Sciences
• Dr. Jill Bystydzienski Chair, Department of
  Womens Studies
• Dr. Anne Carey Assoc. Prof. of Earth Sciences,
  Assoc. Dean in the College of Mathematical
  Physical Sciences
• Dr. Suzanne Damarin Prof. of Educational Policy
  and Leadership, College of Education Human
  Ecology
• Dr. Anand Desai Prof., John Glenn School of
  Public Affairs
• Dr. Anne Massaro Human Resources,
  Organizational Development Consultant
• Dr. Carolyn Merry Prof. and Chair, Department of
  Civil and Environmental Eng. Geodetic Sciences,
  College of Engineering
• Dr. Jean Sander Prof. and Associate Dean,
  College of Vet Med

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Outline

• Overview of gender equity in Science, Technology,
  Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
• The situation at Ohio State
• Demographics
• Faculty flux diagrams
• Project CEOS
• The Transformational Leadership Model
• Participating units and management structure

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• The problem a persistent loss of women from
  scientific fields throughout phases of career
  development.
• Example Academic Medicine
• Med School Applicants 50 women
• Medical Students 48
• MD graduates 46
• Residents 42
• Med School Faculty 33
• Associate Professors 27
• Professors 15
• Chairs 11

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• Virginia Valian describes how gender schemas
  impede womens progress
• Women are underestimated when in leadership
  positions
• Womens credentials are implicitly devalued
• Women face unconscious bias in competitions for
  fellowships, journal space, recognition by
  prestigious societies

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• Stereotype threat can impair girls and womens
  performance in STEM

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• Stereotype threat can impair girls and womens
  performance

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• Stereotype threat can impair girls and womens
  performance

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• why students switch from STEM majors

Men Women
1. Loss of interest in STEM 1. Other majors offer better education
2.Curriculum Overload 2. Loss of interest in STEM
3. Poor teaching in STEM 3. Rejection of STEM lifestyle
4. Career path too hard 4. Poor teaching in STEM
5. Other majors offer better education 5. Poor advising
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• Women and men STEM faculty have very different
  family situations

Men Women
Married with children 70 44
Married without children 15 19
Single without children 11 26
Single with children 4 19
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• Married STEM faculty have very different home
  situations

Men Women
Spouse works full-time 45 89
Spouse works part-time 20 5
Spouse not employed 35 6
Spouse is also a scientist 48 78
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ADVANCE Part of a National Conversation

• The National Academies published Beyond Bias and
  Barriers in 2007 to identify the issues and to
  outline remedies for universities and
• professional societies.
• The Hidden Brain Drain Project published the
  Athena Factor in 2008 concerning womens careers
  in STEM industries with recommendations about
  retention.

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NSF ADVANCE Program

• Institutional Transformation (IT) Grant
• Overall goal Increase participation of women in
  the scientific and engineering workforce
• through increased representation and advancement
  of women in academic science, technology,
  engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers
• through research-based interventions that affect
  the workplace environment
• OSUs grant 3.6 million, 5-year duration
  starting 9/2008
• there are currently 35 ADVANCE IT institutions 5
  in the Big Ten, 3 in Ohio
• 6 have already graduated

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CEOS The Participating Colleges

• Biological Sciences
• Engineering
• Mathematical Physical Sciences
• Veterinary Medicine

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1998 Faculty Demographic Snapshot
580
75
For Colleges of Bio Sci, ENG, MAPS, and Vet Med
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Faculty Flux Diagram for Men
For Colleges of Bio Sci, ENG, MAPS, and Vet Med
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Faculty Flux Diagram for Men
321
181
78
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Faculty Flux Diagram for Men
580
579
351
321
181
156
72
78
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Faculty Flux Diagram for Women
75
20
30
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For Colleges of Bio Sci, ENG, MAPS, and Vet Med
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Faculty Flux Diagram for Women
93
75
30
20
30
30
25
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For Colleges of Bio Sci, ENG, MAPS, and Vet Med
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Salient Points from Faculty Flux Diagrams

• We have more women now on our faculties than in
  1998 while the number of men have remained
  constant.
• Of the 103 assistant professors in 1998, 69 of
  the men and 44 of the women were still on the
  faculty 7 years later only 3 were denied tenure.
• Of the 1998 associate professors, 42 of the men
  and 60 of the women were still in rank 7 years
  later.
• Since 1998, women constituted 38 of the
  assistant professor hires, 16 of the associate
  professor hires and 11 of the professor hires.
• Of those hired since 1998, 95 of the men and 87
  of the women are still on the faculty.
• During the past year, our Colleges lost 4 women.

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Leadership Changes over Five Years
College Deans Deans Assoc Asst Deans Assoc Asst Deans Chairs Chairs
2002 2007 2002 2007 2002 2007
CBS 0/1 1/1 1/2 2/3 0/6 2/6
MAPS 0/1 0/1 0/2 1/3 0/6 0/6
ENG 0/1 0/1 2/4 2/5 0/12 3/12
VET 0/1 0/1 0/3 1/3 0/3 0/3
Total 0/4 1/4 3/11 6/14 0/27 5/27
Entries indicate the no. of women/total no. in
those positions One male is African American
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Representation of Women Faculty in Autumn 2007
College Asst Prof Assoc Prof Prof Total N of Faculty
CBS 39.1 23.7 17.1 25.5 102
MAPS 37.8 14.8 6.3 13.3 225
ENG 26.8 19.3 5.4 12.8 272
VET 44.4 33.3 20.0 27.1 70
All OSU 40.8 34.6 18.2 30.6 3477
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CEOS Leadership and Management Structure - 1

• Dr. Mary Juhas CEOS Program Director (0.5 FTE),
  Senior Asst. Dean, College of Engineering (0.5
  FTE), Research Scientist in the Dept. of
  Materials Science Eng. (0 FTE)
• Dr. Joan Herbers CEOS Principal Investigator
• Ms. Jill Hartman Program Assistant (1 FTE)
• CEOS College Council
• Dr. John Hubbell (Vet Med)
• Dr. Matt Platz (BMPS)
• Dr. Greg Washington (ENG)

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CEOS Leadership and Management Structure - 2

• CEOS Advisory Council
• Deb Ballam Director of The Womens Place
• Glenda La Rue Director, Women in Engineering
  Program (ENG)
• Jean Schelhorn Associate Vice President,
  Technology Licensing
• Michael Camp Director of the Center for
  Entrepreneurship
• Georgina Dodge Office of Minority Affairs
• Brenda Brueggemann Program Coordinator,
  Disability Studies Program
• Mary Juhas, ex officio
• Research team data collection, analysis,
  assessment, and evaluation
• Jill Bystydzienski
• Suzanne Damarin
• Anand Desai
• Anne Massaro
• Joan Herbers, ex officio

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CEOS Leadership and Management Structure - 3

• External Advisory Board
• Dr. Joseph Alutto, Provost and Executive Vice
  President (chair)
• Dr. Sharon Bird Assoc. Prof. of Sociology, Iowa
  State, co-PI on ISUs ADVANCE project
• Dr. Carolyn Mahoney President of Lincoln
  University, Missouri
• Dr. Farah Majidzadeh CEO of Resource
  International, an engineering consulting firm in
  Columbus
• Dr. Sue Rosser Dean of the Ivan Allen College of
  Liberal Arts, Georgia Tech, Prof. of Public
  Policy and of History, Technology, and Society,
  PI on Georgia Techs ADVANCE project

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ADVANCE Expected Benefits

• Improve recruitment and retention of women
  minority faculty
• Improve diversity of faculty students
• Establish a pool of senior women available for
  leadership positions

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Transformational Leadership Model
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The Four Programs within Project CEOS

• Leadership training for deans and department
  chairs
• Action learning teams that include deans, chairs,
  faculty and staff in the participating Colleges
  and beyond
• Peer mentoring for tenured women in the STEM
  Colleges
• Entrepreneurship training for women faculty in
  the STEM Colleges
• Each program will include structured activities,
  peer networking, and reflective practice.

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Services for Women Faculty

• Peer mentoring circles to start June 2009
• Entrepreneurship training to start autumn 2009
• Maintain faculty profiles on OSU PRO
• Podcasts of your lab for promotion of your work
• Electronic reference library on women in STEM
• What else can CEOS do for YOU?

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