What is the diversity climate survey A moment in time What is your experience working at or attending our colleges Questions built around diversity broadly defined Safe and respectful environment ID: 1044370
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1. VCCS Diversity Climate Survey
2. What is the diversity climate survey? A moment in timeWhat is your experience working at or attending our colleges?Questions built around diversity, broadly defined. Safe and respectful environment
3. Who is the survey designed to reach? Everyone!Two SurveysEmployeesStudents20 minutesBroad diversity definitionRare Opportunity Hearing from employees and students who may feel like they live in the margins.
4. What is diversity, broadly defined?
5. Diversity Climate Assessment at 22 collegesFunded by the Lumina Foundation Customized to fit Virginia’s Community CollegesCan provide a comparative, national view.NVCC conducted same surveys in early Fall.
6. Fear not: Don’t fear sharing; Don’t fear what you hear “Doing nothing sends a terrible message versus getting out in front of potential issues, finding out what they are, and addressing them. Things will only get worse until they blow up on you and you have tremendous problems. Students and employees will leave and the financial and reputation costs can be immeasurable.” Lenore Pearlstein, PresidentCampus Climate Surveys
7. When is the survey distributed? April 4 through April 20During Summer: Teams to review student, employee dataFall share recommendations for moving forward
8. Special thanks…This initiative is being supported in part by the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education and the Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield Foundation. Their generous support means we will have a drawing for at least two $25 gift cards - one for a student, one for an employee – at 22 of Virginia’s Community Colleges involved in the survey.
9. Type of StudentCategory CountFirst-generationTransferPell-grant recipientAdult studentDual-enrollmentStudents117526519453
10. Enrollment StatusCategory CountPart-timeFull-time (over 12 hours)Continuing education/Fast ForwardStudents11616811
11. DemographicsCategory CountVeteransDisabledLGBTQIA+People of ColorStudents21484995Employees14141322
12. Services for Special CommunitiesTotals (n)VeteransDisabledLGBTQIA+People of ColorStudents2148 (22 serv.)5796Employees1416 (2 serv.)1322
13. Open ExpressionTotals (n)ReligionPoliticsLGBTQIA+ (Sexual Id.)Students28628156Employees12312313
14. Welcomeness/RespectTotals (n)VeteransDisabledReligionPoliticsLGBTQIA+People of ColorStudents20482862815694Employees14161231221322
15. Experience with Discrimination/Bias/HarassmentCategory CountBullyingDiscr. on Polit.Discr. on AgeDiscr. on RaceRetaliationStudents1111630Employees2616231814
16. Why Discrimination/Negative Event Wasn’t ReportedCategory CountI decid. it wasn’t import. enough.I didn’t feel/thing anyth. would happen.I feared retaliation.Students17136Employees81720