Transcript Gender Equity Pipeline efforts: What’s working, what’s not Revi Sterling Program Manager External Research and Programs Microsoft Research.

Gender Equity Pipeline efforts:
What’s working, what’s not
Revi Sterling
Program Manager
External Research and Programs
Microsoft Research
Snapshot of efforts
A few years in…
Microsoft Research efforts:
3-year checkpoint, looking for feedback
Pilots: good proof of concept, hard to assess
National-level programs: CRA-W Grad
Cohort, Grace Hopper’s Conference, board
memberships, wide-distribution publications
Attention within company
US Competitive factor
ADVANCE lessons
Policy discussions
“Ecosystem” Challenges
Pipeline takes time- delayed results
Numbers continue to look bad
Hard to keep issue in focus/favor
Multiple efforts
NCWIT – applaud “umbrella” efforts, assessment
We don’t know what’s you think is effective/not
Goal of this lunch  get your feedback on the
worthy causes and programs (and not) in
attraction, retention and advancement efforts
Your feedback will inform our funding and support
What do your students say?
Discover new opportunities
Program Feedback
Attraction
Attraction
Retention
Retention
Advancement
Advancement
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