Sec. 6. Data collection to determine success in broadening STEM faculty
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Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Director 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, and shall consider, by gender, race, ethnicity, disability, 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; faculty years in rank; and the number and percentage of faculty hired in the 2 years preceding the date of the survey, by rank.
Not later than 6 months after the completion of the data collection described in subsection (a), the Director shall provide all relevant data and information to the National Science Board. Not later than 6 months after receiving such data and information, the National Science Board shall publish a report that includes statistical summary data, findings, and policy recommendations resulting from the feasibility study described in subsection (c), in a report as required by section 4(j)(2) of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 ( 42 U.S.C. 1863(j)(2) ).
All statistical summary data shall be disaggregated and cross-tabulated by race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, and number of years since receiving doctoral degree, provided that such data does not reveal personally identifiable information about an individual. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall evaluate the feasibility of a survey or other data collection instrument to collect institution-level data on— the demographics of faculty, including post-doctoral positions, by broad fields of STEM at different types of institutions of higher education, and shall consider, by gender, race, ethnicity, disability, citizenship status, age, and years since completion of doctoral degree— the number and percentage of faculty who are reviewed for promotion, including tenure, and the percentage of that number who are promoted, included being awarded tenure; the number and percentage of faculty to leave tenure-track positions; the number and percentage of faculty in leadership positions; the size and composition of the various components included in the start-up package for new faculty hires; the number and percentage of faculty who are in nontenure-track positions, including teaching and research; and the number and percentage of post-doctoral fellows or trainees who are not employed in a STEM position at an academic institution 5 years after their fellowship or traineeship began; and the demographics of STEM pre-doctoral students, by broad fields of STEM at different types of institutions of higher education, and shall consider, by gender, race, ethnicity, disability, citizenship status, age, and socioeconomic status— the number and percentage of pre-doctoral students who leave their program before becoming Ph.D. candidates; the number and percentage of Ph.D. candidates who leave their program before receiving their Ph.D.; and the number of years to attrition in pre-doctoral program.
The National Science Board shall develop a companion piece to the Science and Engineering Indicators biennial report on indicators of the state of science and engineering in the United States, as required under section 4(j)(1) of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 ( 42 U.S.C. 1863(j)(1) ), regarding the results of the feasibility study described in subsection (c), and make related policy recommendations. All statistical summary data shall be disaggregated and cross-tabulated by race, ethnicity, disability, gender, and age, provided that such data does not reveal personally identifiable information about an individual.
There are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2017 through 2019 to carry out this section.
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