AdvanceVT
Permanent URI for this community
The mission of AdvanceVT is to assist Virginia Tech in preparing, recruiting, and retaining high quality and diverse faculty. To accomplish this mission, our programs are designed to facilitate success in scholarship, teaching, engagement and administration for a wide range of audiences. These programs target graduate students preparing for faculty careers, new faculty just starting out, senior faculty preparing for leadership roles, search committees, department heads, and senior administrators. AdvanceVT began in 2003 with a grant from the National Science Foundation to promote and enhance the careers of women in academic science and engineering through institutional transformation. Grant funding continued until August 2010. High impact initiatives continue with support from university partners, and have been expanded to include faculty in all disciplines. See http://www.advance.vt.edu for more information.
The permalink for this community is http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71753.
Browse
Browsing AdvanceVT by Author "Layne, Margaret E."
Now showing 1 - 20 of 31
Results Per Page
Sort Options
- ADVANCE Portal WebsiteLayne, Margaret E.; Vega, Laurian (Virginia Tech, 2009-06-22)The purpose of the ADVANCE portal website is to link to information on ADVANCE grantee web sites, facilitate sharing among ADVANCE grantees, and make findings of ADVANCE grantees available to all.
- ADVANCE: Institutional Transformation at Virginia TechLayne, Margaret E. (Virginia Tech, 2005-12-05)Raising visibility of women leaders across campus, offering leadership development program for senior women faculty including individualized assessment and development plan to build on strengths, address weaknesses, workshops based on identified needs open to all women on topics such as managing conflict, negotiating, financial management, strategic planning, how to say no…
- AdvanceVT Annual Report : Year 1 : September 2003 - June 2004Layne, Margaret E. (Virginia Tech, 2004-07-16)The overall goal of AdvanceVT is to contribute to the development of a national science and engineering academic workforce that includes the full participation of women at all levels of faculty and academic leadership, particularly at the senior academic ranks, through the transformation of institutional practices, policies, climate and culture at Virginia Tech. The program has four major elements: advancing women into faculty careers, increasing the representation of women faculty in science and engineering, empowering women as leaders and scholars, and institutionalizing change.
- AdvanceVT Annual Report : Year 2 : September 2004 - June 2005Layne, Margaret E. (Virginia Tech, 2005-06-22)The overall goal of AdvanceVT is to contribute to the development of a national science and engineering academic workforce that includes the full participation of women at all levels of faculty and academic leadership, particularly at the senior academic ranks, through the transformation of institutional practices, policies, climate and culture at Virginia Tech. The program has four major elements: advancing women into faculty careers, increasing the representation of women faculty in science and engineering, empowering women as leaders and scholars, and institutionalizing change through policy review.
Significant accomplishments during year two include increased visibility for gender issues campus wide through an annual workshop with nationally recognized speakers; intensive work with department heads including two presentations to the campus-wide department heads’ breakfast roundtable, discussions at college level department head meetings on university policies, and a two-day orientation program for new department heads; education of search committees on unconscious bias; discussions with faculty focus groups on work/life issues; implementation of a campus-wide faculty survey; and initiation of an intensive leadership development program for women faculty. - AdvanceVT Annual Report : Year 3 : September 2005 – August 2006Layne, Margaret E. (Virginia Tech, 2006-07-14)The overall goal of AdvanceVT is to contribute to the development of a national science and engineering academic workforce that includes the full participation of women at all levels of faculty and academic leadership, particularly at the senior academic ranks, through the transformation of institutional practices, policies, climate and culture at Virginia Tech. The program has four major elements: advancing women into faculty careers, increasing the representation of women faculty in science and engineering, empowering women as leaders and scholars, and institutionalizing change through policy review.
Significant accomplishments during year three include increased visibility for gender issues campus wide through widely disseminated publications, a special university-wide conference on work life issues for academic leaders co-hosted with the President’s Office, engagement with Faculty Senate and the Commission on Faculty Affairs, and an annual AdvanceVT workshop hosted jointly with the Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs; intensive work with department heads including discussions at college level department head meetings on university policies and a two-day orientation program for new department heads; education of search committees on unconscious bias; dissemination of findings of the campus-wide faculty survey, focus groups, and exit survey; and completion of the first cohort of women faculty participating in the intensive leadership development program. - AdvanceVT Annual Report : Year 4 : September 2006 – August 2007Layne, Margaret E. (Virginia Tech, 2007-06-26)The overall goal of AdvanceVT is to contribute to the development of a national science and engineering academic workforce that includes the full participation of women at all levels of faculty and academic leadership, particularly at the senior academic ranks, through the transformation of institutional practices, policies, climate and culture at Virginia Tech. The program has four major elements: advancing women into faculty careers, increasing the representation of women faculty in science and engineering, empowering women as leaders and scholars, and institutionalizing change.
Significant accomplishments during year four include approval of a new part-time employment policy for tenure track faculty by the university governance structure and board of visitors, draft of a manual of successful strategies for developing and maintaining a positive department climate, presentations to the Task Force on Race and the Institution and the Black Caucus of findings from the 2005 faculty survey, and development and release of a request for information to commercial day care providers, in addition to maintaining a portfolio of workshops, seminars, grants, fellowships, and development programs. AdvanceVT hosted the Transforming the Professoriate conference for underrepresented graduate students and post-doctoral associates preparing for faculty careers in summer 2006. - AdvanceVT Annual Report : Year 5 : September 2007 – August 2008Layne, Margaret E. (Virginia Tech, 2008-06-17)The overall goal of AdvanceVT is to contribute to the development of a national science and engineering academic workforce that includes the full participation of women at all levels of faculty and academic leadership, particularly at the senior academic ranks, through the transformation of institutional practices, policies, climate and culture at Virginia Tech. The program has four major elements: advancing women into faculty careers, increasing the representation of women faculty in science and engineering, empowering women as leaders and scholars, and institutionalizing change.
Significant accomplishments during year five include the submission of a collaborative proposal for a PAID grant to disseminate AdvanceVT’s leadership coaching model throughout Virginia with the ACE Virginia Network, James Madison University, University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the Virginia Community College System. Also, after a two year effort, AdvanceVT unveiled Creating a Positive Departmental Climate at Virginia Tech: A Compendium of Successful Strategies. The compendium draws from results of an initial 2006 Departmental Climate Initiative survey, AdvanceVT workshop discussions on existing strategies, AdvanceVT 2003 faculty work-life survey data, a literature review, and materials from other institutions. In addition to maintaining a portfolio of workshops and seminars, AdvanceVT co-hosted the fifth annual “Advancing Diversity at Virginia Tech” conference on January 8, with the Office of Multicultural Affairs. AdvanceVT also began development of a database of potential faculty candidates, with a focus on candidates with diverse backgrounds, in collaboration with the Office for Equal Opportunity. - AdvanceVT Annual Report : Year 6 : September 2008 – August 2009Layne, Margaret E. (Virginia Tech, 2009-07-31)The overall goal of AdvanceVT is to contribute to the development of a national science and engineering academic workforce that includes the full participation of women at all levels of faculty and academic leadership, particularly at the senior academic ranks, through the transformation of institutional practices, policies, climate and culture at Virginia Tech. The program has four major elements: advancing women into faculty careers, increasing the representation of women faculty in science and engineering, empowering women as leaders and scholars, and institutionalizing change.
Significant accomplishments during year six include the expansion of available child care described above, the culmination of many years of effort by university leaders supported by the AdvanceVT program. AdvanceVT also conducted a repeat of the Faculty Work- Life survey in fall 2008 and submitted a proposal for a PAID grant to study changes in perceptions of leadership at ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant recipient institutions. In addition to maintaining a portfolio of workshops and seminars for current and future faculty, AdvanceVT co-hosted the sixth annual “Advancing Diversity at Virginia Tech” conference on January 12, with the Office of Equity and Inclusion, with a record 300 attendees. - AdvanceVT Final ReportLayne, Margaret E.; Hyer, Patricia B. (2010)The overall goal of AdvanceVT is to contribute to the development of a national science and engineering academic workforce that includes the full participation of women at all levels of faculty and academic leadership, particularly at the senior academic ranks, through the transformation of institutional practices, policies, climate and culture at Virginia Tech. The program has four major elements: advancing women into faculty careers, increasing the representation of women faculty in science and engineering, empowering women as leaders and scholars, and institutionalizing change. Virginia Tech has institutionalized many of the Advance initiatives, particularly those related to work-life balance and faculty recruiting. This report provides an overview of grant activities and summative assessment of impacts.
- AdvanceVT Newsletter #1 February 2004Layne, Margaret E. (Virginia Tech, 2004-02)The first AdvanceVT newsletter describes the program, introduces the leadership team, and highlights upcoming events.
- AdvanceVT Newsletter, September 2018Sullivan, Leslie; Layne, Margaret E. (2018-09)AdvanceVT Newsletter recognizing recently promoted women faculty, work/life resources for faculty, and upcoming events for fall 2018.
- AdvanceVT Project Overview and Progress to DateLayne, Margaret E. (Virginia Tech, 2006-06-06)Virginia Tech proposed to the National Science Foundation a comprehensive program to promote and enhance the careers of women faculty in science and engineering. AdvanceVT has four major program elements addressing institutional barriers that have constrained the advancement of women faculty members in the sciences and engineering and targeting institutional culture, practices, and leadership development needs specific to Virginia Tech. These four program elements are institutionalizing change, empowering women as leaders and scholars, increasing the representation of women in science and engineering, and advancing women into faculty careers. A comprehensive portfolio of assessment techniques tracks the impact of individual program activities as well as the program as a whole.
- AdvanceVT Transformations, December 2017Layne, Margaret E.; Lewis, Marc (Virginia Tech, 2017-12)This issue of Transformations highlights the 2017 COACHE survey results, with a focus on promotion and tenure, work-life policies, and overall satisfaction for faculty at Virginia Tech.
- AdvanceVT: Institutional Transformation at Virginia TechLayne, Margaret E. (Virginia Tech, 2006-06-08)AdvanceVT Overview: - Organizational structure - University-wide initiatives - Data driven institutional change - Project elements - NSF Indicators - Future Plans
- Advancing Women at Virginia Tech 2017Layne, Margaret E. (2017-09)Poster illustrating women faculty at Virginia Tech by rank and college from 2005 to 2017
- Advancing Women at Virginia Tech 2018Layne, Margaret E. (2019-01)Poster illustrating changes in the number and percent of women faculty at Virginia Tech by rank and college from 2005 to 2018, as of September 30 census date.
- Advancing Women at Virginia Tech 2018 (slides)Layne, Margaret E. (2018-09)Powerpoint presentation updating indicators of the status of women faculty at Virginia Tech, including tenure-track faculty by college in 2003 and 2018, hiring trends by gender, tenure-track faculty by rank and gender from 2005 to 2018, women faculty by rank and college, women as % of full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty, women at the rank of full professor, women department heads and deans.
- Experiences and Satisfaction of Pre-Tenure Faculty : Results of the 2007 COACHE SurveyLayne, Margaret E. (Virginia Tech, 2007-08-07)The Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) Survey is conducted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Survey measures the institutional experiences and job satisfaction of full-time, pre-tenure faculty
- 221 tenure-track faculty hired at VT before Jan 2006 were surveyed in fall-spring 2006-07 - Faculty Diversity Initiatives at Virginia Tech 2009Layne, Margaret E. (Virginia Tech, 2009-01-13)Taskforce Recommendations
• Active & Innovative Recruitment
• Equitable & Effective Advancement Programs
• Faculty recruitment/retention - Faculty Leadership Development Program OutcomesLayne, Margaret E. (Virginia Tech, 2010-05-02)This presentation by AdvanceVT's Peggy Layne provides an overview of Virginia Tech's institutional context, the status of women faculty, Virginia Tech's leadership development programs, AdvanceVT's research findings, and the implications of those findings.