Measuring Progress

The NYU ADVANCE-PAID program is evaluated both internally and externally, including both quantitative and qualitative measures. The quantitative assessment adopts the ADVANCE Toolkit for Reporting Progress toward NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Goals, which uses the following criteria:

1. What is the distribution of science and engineering faculty by gender, rank and department?
• Number and percent of women tenured and tenure-track faculty by department and rank
  
2. What are the outcomes of institutional processes of recruitment and advancement for men and women?
• Number of faculty who submit tenure packets, and number awarded tenure, by gender and department
• Number of faculty who apply for promotion (assistant to associate; associate to full) and number promoted, by gender, department
• Number of tenured associate professors by department and gender with years-in-rank
• Number of faculty hired and who leave their departments by rank, gender, and department
  
3. What is the gender distribution of science faculty in leadership positions in the institution?
• Number and percent of women science faculty in administrative positions as compared to men
• Number and percent of women science faculty in endowed/named chairs as compared to men
  
4. What is the allocation of resources for science faculty by gender?
• Analysis of salary of science faculty by gender
• Analysis of space allocation of science faculty by gender
• Analysis of start-up packages for new science faculty by gender (with additional controls for department, discipline, rank, and years in a rank)

In addition, the steering committee will evaluate changes in the productivity of program participants as measured in the number of new grants, research publications, new collaborations and invited talks. 

The ADVANCE-PAID External Evaluation is focused on three main areas:

1. Assess the impact of the ADVANCE programs on the overall climate for women scientists in STEM departments at NYU through a climate survey and series of interviews and focus groups with women scientists.
   
2. Evaluate the quality of the program initiatives each year and offer feedback to program coordinators on adjustments they can make to enhance program effectiveness over the course of the 3 years and assess program participants' views on the impact each program is having on creating an environment that is conducive to the advancement of their scientific careers.
   
3. Assess the overall impact of the program initiatives at the end of the program.