Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.41
Liaison Jeremy King
Submission Date March 23, 2016
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STARS v2.0

Denison University
PA-5: Assessing Diversity and Equity

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.75 / 1.00 Jeremy King
Campus Sustainability Coordinator
Office of the President
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Has the institution assessed diversity and equity in terms of campus climate?:
Yes

A brief description of the campus climate assessment(s) :

Data from the following surveys has been reviewed and is currently being evaluated by the college and the Diversity Strategy Team to assess campus climate and equity for all groups of students. The Diversity Strategy Team will also produce a survey and hold focus group meetings this semester. The Team will assess climate for students, faculty and staff.

LGBTQ Friendly Campus Climate Score
Campus Climate Survey
NSSE
National College Health Assessment
Your First Year student survey
Senior Survey
6 months post graduation survey
5 year out alumni survey

The institutional has and is assessing the above mentioned survey results in order to understand where problems occur that create disparities based upon identity. To date, we have compared results based upon race, gender, sexuality, family income, ability, first-generation college and nationality/immigration status.

All of these surveys/assessments have been done within the last four years.


Has the institution assessed student diversity and educational equity?:
Yes

A brief description of the student diversity and educational equity assessment(s):

Data from the following surveys has been reviewed and is currently being evaluated by the college and the Diversity Strategy Team to assess campus climate and equity for all groups of students. The Diversity Strategy Team will also produce a survey and hold focus group meetings this semester. The Team will assess climate for students, faculty and staff.

LGBTQ Friendly Campus Climate Score
Campus Climate Survey
NSSE
National College Health Assessment
Your First Year student survey
Senior Survey
6 months post graduation survey
5 year out alumni survey

The institutional has and is assessing the above mentioned survey results in order to understand where problems occur that create disparities based upon identity. To date, we have compared results based upon race, gender, sexuality, family income, ability, first-generation college and nationality/immigration status.

All of these surveys/assessments have been done within the last four years.


Has the institution assessed employee diversity and employment equity?:
Yes

A brief description of the employee diversity and employment equity assessment(s):

Denison has a Faculty of Color and International Faculty group who has evaluated issue of employee diversity and equity. This group has focused on issues of tenure, promotion, and salary. They utilize data provided by the Office of Institutional Research. Their findings are shared with the Provost and the Director of Human Resources.


Has the institution assessed diversity and equity in terms of governance and public engagement?:
No

A brief description of the governance and public engagement assessment(s):
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The website URL where information about the assessment(s) is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Denison maintains an internal password protected website where most of this information resides. Public access web pages have limited information on this topic.


Denison maintains an internal password protected website where most of this information resides. Public access web pages have limited information on this topic.

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.