Sec. 216. Collection of data on demographics of faculty
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Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and at least every 5 years thereafter, the Director of the National Science Foundation shall carry out a survey to collect institution-level data on the demographics of STEM faculty, by broad fields of STEM, at different types of institutions of higher education. To the extent practicable, the Director of the National Science Foundation shall consider, by gender, race, ethnicity, citizenship status, age, and years since completion of doctoral degree— the number and percentage of faculty; the number and percentage of faculty at each rank; the number and percentage of faculty who are in nontenure-track positions, including teaching and research; the number and percentage of faculty who are reviewed for promotion, including tenure, and the percentage of that number who are promoted, including being awarded tenure; faculty years in rank; the number and percentage of faculty to leave tenure-track positions; the number and percentage of faculty hired, by rank; and the number and percentage of faculty in leadership positions.
The Director of the National Science Foundation— may carry out the requirements under subsection
(a)by collaborating with statistical centers at other Federal agencies to modify or expand, as necessary, existing Federal surveys of higher education; or may award a grant or contract to an institution of higher education or other nonprofit organization to design and carry out the requirements under subsection
(a). The Director of the National Science Foundation shall publish statistical summary data collected under this section, including as part of the National Science Foundation’s report required by section 37 of the Science and Technology Equal Opportunities Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1885d ; Public Law 96–516 ). There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the National Science Foundation $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2016 to develop and carry out the initial survey required in subsection
(a).
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