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Additional Resources

The ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change focuses our efforts in the following key areas. Click on each topic for a handout with more information. 

  • Faculty Recruitment & Hiring - offering advice on finding diverse candidates, selecting search committees, handling dual career candidates, and evaluation of search processes to ensure a high degree of excellence.
  • Faculty Retention & Work/Life - improving departmental climate, providing career development resources, sharing faculty resources on campuses, supporting flexible policies and practices, and consulting with faculty and chairs to identify barriers to retention.
  • Mentoring - offering resources and support for faculty at all ranks to improve mentoring skills, and offering group mentoring opportunities for women faculty, pre-tenure faculty, and emerging faculty leaders.
  • Faculty Professional Development - workshops for faculty at all ranks (pre-tenure, mid-career, and full) that provide opportunities for networking, sharing best practices, finding funding, and honing their leadership skills. 
  • Institutional Transformation - efforts that transform the culture and climate of the entire institution. 

See also:

  • ADVANCE Resource Library is a searchable database with handouts, presentations, and publications on key ADVANCE topics.
  • Bibliographies of research on key ADVANCE topics.
  • ADVANCE Lactation Room (Sieg121) is available for nursing mothers. View online calendar. Please note: STEM faculty, staff and students have priority reservations.