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Title Alliances for advancing academic women : guidelines for collaborating in STEM fields / Penny J. Gilmer, Berrin Tansel and Michelle Hughes Miller (eds.)
Published Rotterdam : Sense Publishers, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 215 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Series Bold visions in educational research ; volume 39
Bold visions in educational research ; v. 39.
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS -- TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS -- PREFACE -- ADVANCE-PAID ALLIANCE IN FLORIDA -- LAYOUT OF BOOK -- AUTHORS & LEADERSHIP TEAM -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- SECTION I GETTING STARTED -- 1. DECIDING TO COLLABORATE AND SELECTING OUR STEM PROJECT -- ALLIANCE IN FLORIDA TO ADVANCE ACADEMIC WOMEN IN STEM -- PURPOSE AND LAYOUT OF THIS BOOK -- KEY BOOKS ON WOMEN FACULTY IN STEM -- INSTITUTIONAL OVERVIEWS -- Faculty Demographics Before Starting Our Grant -- Chemistry Departments -- College of Engineering Departments
Prior Research on Faculty Issues at Two of Our Five UniversitiesTIMELINE FOR ACTIVITIES -- OBJECTIVES MET THROUGH PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED -- Recruitment of Women STEM Faculty -- Retention of Women Faculty by Mentoring and Networking -- Promotion of Leadership Among Women STEM Faculty -- REFLECTIONS ON THE AAFAWCE -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- 1. METALOGUE -- FOUNDATIONS -- COMMONALITIES VS. DIFFERENCES -- INTERINSTITUIONAL AND INTRAINSTUTIONAL COLLABORATIONS -- REFERENCE -- AFFILIATION
2. FOCUSING COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR WOMEN STEM FACULTYIDENTIFYING INITIAL TASKS AND COMMUNICATION FORMAT -- DEFINING OUR PROJECT -- Defining the Mission -- Developing the Logo and Banner -- Establishing the Project Web Site and Communication Portal -- ANNOUNCING THE PROGRAM -- DEFINING AND REFINING THE GOALS -- Identifying Major Problems to Advancement -- Recruitment Activities -- Mentoring and Networking -- Leadership Workshops -- AAFAWCE Faculty Climate Survey -- IDENTIFYING KEY PARTICIPANTS -- Search Committee Members -- Administrators -- Faculty
Human ResourcesIDENTIFYING CAMPUS-SPECIFIC ACTIONS -- DEVELOPING COLLABORATIVE MATERIALS BASED ON A COMMON ROADMAP AND TIMELINE -- The AAFAWCE PowerPoint Presentation -- Developing the AAFAWCE Program Brochure -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- 2. METALOGUE -- SHARED IDENTITY -- SHARED GOALS AND OBJECTIVES -- COMMON COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES -- REFERENCE -- AFFILIATION -- 3. COLLABORATING WITH STEM FACULTY ACROSS THE TEAM -- THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE ON COLLABORATION -- Cultural Historical Activity Theory -- Three Central Components of CHAT
Four Influential Factors of CHATCoherences and Contradictions in Human Activities -- Communities Involved -- COLLABORATIVE SUPPORT -- Not Having to “Reinvent the Wheel� -- Sharing Resources -- Sharing Products -- Developing Supportive Frameworks -- CHALLENGES OF WORKING COLLABORATIVELY -- Geographic Distances -- Differences in Disciplinary and Academic Roles -- Different University Missions and Stages of Development -- Differences in Work Styles -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDICES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- 3. METALOGUE
Summary This unique book provides important guidelines and examples of ways STEM faculty and administration can collaborate towards goals of recruiting, mentoring, and promoting leadership to academic women faculty
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education
Education (General)
Onderwijs (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Women college teachers.
Women in higher education.
Women in science.
Women in technology.
Women in engineering.
Women in mathematics.
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Women college teachers
Women in engineering
Women in higher education
Women in mathematics
Women in science
Women in technology
Form Electronic book
Author Gilmer, Penny J., editor.
Tansel, Berrin, editor.
Miller, Michelle Hughes, editor.
ISBN 9789462096042
946209604X