ADVANCE Catalyst: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (Year 1 Evaluation Report)

California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) was awarded a two-year NSF grant, "ADVANCE Catalyst: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions", that began in Fall 2022 to examine potential systemic barriers against female faculty of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in recruitment, retention, and promotion. In the first year, the grant team has made satisfactory progress in the preparation of an organizational self-assessment for identifying STEM faculty inequities. More specifically, the team modeled after the best practice in the instrument design and worked with the Fresno State colleague on dashboard creation. Accompanied by the external partnership building, the grant team made internal adjustments to minimize the impact of an unexpected personnel change. The report concludes with three recommendations for project improvement. The overall evaluation design is guided by a well-established model of Results-Based Accountability and conforms to the utility, feasibility, propriety, and accuracy standards of program evaluation.