Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.43
Liaison Michael Iversen
Submission Date Aug. 28, 2013
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STARS v1.2

St. Lawrence University
PAE-7: Measuring Campus Diversity Culture

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00
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Has the institution assessed attitudes about diversity and equity on campus in a way that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

A brief description of the assessment(s):

The assessments aimed to answer three questions: first how Students of Color experience diversity on campus; second, to what extent students in general have meaningful interactions and experiences with diverse aspects of the campus cultures; and third, to what extent our curriculum including study abroad experiences contributes to a greater cultural understanding and diversity learning.


Year the assessment was last administered:
2,013

A brief description of how the results of the assessment(s) are used in shaping policy, programs, and initiatives:

All of the findings are playing a crucial role in guiding our efforts to achieve meaningful
change in how we teach “diversity” to our students, how we conduct assessments, how we
facilitate dialogue across difference, and even how we organize residential arrangements for our incoming students.


The website URL where information about the assessment(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Focus group and survey data reinforce that main interactions among students of different racial and ethnic groups happens because of class assignments and does not automatically carry over into social spaces and activities. Teagle Grant funding from 2008 to 2012 allowed our faculty-staff project team to work diligently to develop new learning goals, policies, and assessment methods to help us build a more diverse and pluralistic campus community, including a diversity requirement in our new curriculum that is more meaningful and more assessable.


Focus group and survey data reinforce that main interactions among students of different racial and ethnic groups happens because of class assignments and does not automatically carry over into social spaces and activities. Teagle Grant funding from 2008 to 2012 allowed our faculty-staff project team to work diligently to develop new learning goals, policies, and assessment methods to help us build a more diverse and pluralistic campus community, including a diversity requirement in our new curriculum that is more meaningful and more assessable.

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