AdvanceVT Final Report

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.