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2020 PPC

Authors

Miriam Quintal

Administration and federal agency officials to inform future programs and create new opportunities – Elevating the role of ASEE within the Washington, DC-based scientific, STEM, and higher education advocacy communities and ensuring community advocacy reflects ASEE priorities• 2019 Efforts and Successes – Increased funding for the National Science Foundation and Department of Defense basic research – Building champions for new modes of NSF support – Outreach and awareness of engineering technology – Enhancing Department of Defense workforce and industry collaboration – Engagement on Higher Education Act reauthorizationASEE/EDC Congressional Priorities• Advocate for Funding at Critical Agencies –National Science Foundation research and

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2020 PPC

Authors

Frazier Benya; Al Roming

organizations. Findings: Legal SystemJudicial interpretation of Title IX and Title VII hasincentivized organizations to create policies, procedures,and training on sexual harassment that focus onsymbolic compliance with current law and avoidingliability, and not on preventing sexual harassment.Title IX, Title VII, and case law reflect the inaccurateassumption that a target of sexual harassment willpromptly report the harassment without worrying aboutretaliation. Findings: Predictors of Sexual HarassmentSexual harassment is most likely to take place inenvironments that are:• Male-dominated in number, leaders, and culture• Organizational tolerance of sexual harassment o Reporting is perceived as risky o Reports

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2020 PPC

Authors

Miriam Quintal

• Goals of ASEE Advocacy – Conducting outreach to Congress to support funding and sound policy for engineering research and education – Supporting ASEE Councils to enhance advocacy goals of deans and other constituencies – Engaging the Administration and federal agency officials to inform future programs and create new opportunities – Elevating the role of ASEE within the Washington, DC-based scientific, STEM, and higher education advocacy communities and ensuring community advocacy reflects ASEE prioritiesAdvocacy: What’s the Point?Why Advocate?• Advocacy: The process by which ordinary citizens make their interests known to Congress• You can help Members of Congress make informed decisions on key policies impacting engineering research