Michigan Tech has been a participant in the NSF ADVANCE vision of STEM equity and campus-wide faculty advancement since 2006. See ADVANCE at Michigan Tech for activities, programs, and policies 2006-2016. Three initiatives lead the university’s ongoing work on responsive campus improvement and self-study.
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Advanced Matrix Process for University Programs (AMP-UP)—a Lean Continuous Improvement (CI) process to dynamically identify, plan, implement, assess, and adjust policies, practices, and programs to enhance faculty success and increase retention. This is a pilot project to implement a transformative and sustainable process of improvement in academic processes.
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Diversity Literacy Online Workshop—a mandatory faculty bias literacy workshop introducing concepts of implicit bias, accumulation of disadvantage, and micro-practices that encumber selection, hiring, and promotion processes. The Workshop also includes a Legal Aspects training component.
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Early Career Management (ECM)—a program involving first-year support teams for new faculty. The teams engage the issues particular to each faculty member’s successful management of research, teaching, and service responsibilities.
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Diversity Literacy Workshop Dates
| Diversity Literacy Fall Refresher I | |
| September 15 – 21, 2018 | Diversity Literacy Refresher Workshop |
| September 22 – 28, 2018 | Legal Aspects of Hiring—online course |
| Diversity Literacy Fall Full Course | |
| October 6 – 26, 2018 | Diversity Literacy Full Course |
| October 27 – November 2, 2018 | Legal Aspects of Hiring—online course |
| Diversity Literacy Fall Refresher II | |
| December 1 – 7, 2018 | Diversity Literacy Refresher Workshop |
| December 8 – 14, 2018 | Legal Aspects of Hiring—online course |
| Diversity Literacy Spring Refresher I | |
| January 19 – 25, 2019 | Diversity Literacy Refresher Workshop |
| January 26 – February 1, 2019 | Legal Aspects of Hiring—online course |
| Diversity Literacy Spring Full Course | |
| February 9 – March 1, 2019 | Diversity Literacy Full Course |
| March 2 – 8, 2019 | Legal Aspects of Hiring—online course |
| Diversity Literacy Spring Refresher II | |
| April 6 – 12, 2019 | Diversity Literacy Refresher Workshop |
| April 13 – 19, 2019 | Legal Aspects of Hiring—online course |
ECM Activities
| 2018-2019 ECM COHORT | |
| 11/2/18 | ECM New Faculty Orientation |
| 11/7/18 | ECM Internal/External Advocate Orientation |
| 11/8/18 | ECM Department Chair Orientation |
| 12/14/18 | Luncheon/Check-in for ECM New Faculty |
| 1/10/19 | ECM Participants invited to VPR Office Research Development Day |
| 2016-2017 ECM COHORT | |
| 4/28/17 | ECM Thank you and Networking Social |
| 1/25/17 | Orientation for Spring 2017 ECM Members |
| 1/16/17 | Mid-Program ECM New Faculty Meeting |
| 1/4/17 | ECM participants invited to VPR Office Research Development Day |
| 12/16/16 | C-Cubed End of Semester Social/Networking for ECM |
| 12/15/16 | C-Cubed End of Semester Social/Networking for ECM |
| 10/16/16 | ECM Social/Networking Hike Up Mt Baldy |
| 10/10/16 | ECM New Faculty Orientation |
| 10/7/16 | ECM Department Chairs and Catch All Orientation |
| 10/5/16 | ECM Internal/External Advocates Orientation |
| 8/16/16 | ECM panel at New Faculty Orientation |