| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 52.10 |
| Liaison | Ciara Tennis |
| Submission Date | Jan. 11, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Eastern Connecticut State University
PA-5: Assessing Diversity and Equity
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Laura
Miller Energy Technical Specialist Institute for Sustainable Energy |
Has the institution assessed diversity and equity in terms of campus climate?:
A brief description of the campus climate assessment(s) :
Eastern has a campus climate subcommittee of the Social Justice Committee that administers a campus climate survey to the whole university to assess existing perceptions of the campus environment. The Institutional Viability subcommittee focuses on issues with admission and retention of students, faculty, and staff in order to maintain a diverse community. The subcommittee uses institution viability data including hiring, admissions, recruitment, promotion, and retention for assessing diversity initiatives and progress. The Academic Programming sub-committee focuses on the academic departments by facilitating the development of opportunities for interdepartmental collaborations that support the diversity mission. The Institutional Programming sub-committee focuses on the non-academic departments in facilitating the development of opportunities for interdepartmental collaborations that support the diversity mission.
Has the institution assessed student diversity and educational equity?:
A brief description of the student diversity and educational equity assessment(s):
Here is a link to the diversity and educational equity assessment from the past year:
http://www1.easternct.edu/equityanddiversity/diversity-social-justice-council/
Has the institution assessed employee diversity and employment equity?:
A brief description of the employee diversity and employment equity assessment(s):
These university wide assessments are conducted every couple of years and are used to facilitate the campuses strategic plan efforts.
Has the institution assessed diversity and equity in terms of governance and public engagement?:
A brief description of the governance and public engagement assessment(s):
http://www1.easternct.edu/equityanddiversity/links/
Campus Climate Sub-CommitteeCreating a welcoming campus environment enriches campus life and individuals to reach their potential. In the fall of 2007 President Nunez requested that the DRJ Committee administer a campus climate survey to the entire university community (students, faculty and staff) in order to assess perceptions about the existing campus climate. This was the first time that such an extensive survey had been administered at Eastern. A campus climate survey was developed by the Diversity Race and Justice (DRJ) Committee in the spring of 2008 and was administered in the spring and fall of 2008. The purpose of the survey was to provide baseline data about the perceptions of the university campus climate by different segments of our population. A major benefit of doing such a survey is that the data can be used to help us institutionalize the university core value of “inclusion”. The Campus climate sub-committee is charged with the continued monitoring and redistribution of this survey.
The website URL where information about the assessment(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
This section was completed using notes taken during a meeting with Dr. Stacey Close.
This section was completed using notes taken during a meeting with Dr. Stacey Close.
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