Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Andrea E. Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Andrea Lyn Liebl, University of South Dakota; Alyssa M. Kiesow, Northern State University; Mary Emery; Pam F. Rowland; Cynthia Anderson

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Diversity

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Engineering and Public Policy

NSF Advance-PLAN projectdesigned to address gender equity through policy change on a statewide level. The project isbased on the model of change that identifies effective change as a top-down policy drivenapproach through a central authority, in this case, a statewide board of regents that oversees allpublic universities. The model for top-down change is particularly suited to a small, rural statewhere a) n-values for gender related statistics at any institution may not be statisticallysignificant b) institutional relations allow for cross-state cooperation and c) size of theinstitutions allows for timely implementation and assessment of policies. In addition,intercollegiate cooperation allows for provosts of all six institutions to serve as

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Xiangyu Zhou, Zhejiang University; Lina Wei, Zhejiang University; Wei Zhang, Zhejiang University

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Engineering and Public Policy

, universities can adjust the mix of elements basedon their existing infrastructure and policies. Engineering advantage universities canfocus on adjusting the resource allocation of human capital resources, while acomprehensive university needs to fully guarantee the academic resource, avoid thedependence of a single resource element, and realize "diversified and balanced"resource allocation.4.2 Policy suggestionThis exploratory study analyzes the diversity of factors influencing the performanceof science and technology innovation in China's world-class universities, and putsforward 3 suggestions to university policymakers from the middle level:(1) To reasonably plan the academic resources in the school according to the publicpolicies and institutional