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Creating a Campus Climate Survey that Fits Your Institution's Values
Cathryn TurrentineDirector of Institutional ResearchKeene State College
Goal:
To give you the tools to create• An institutionally authentic assessment• With campus-wide agreement that findings are
relevant to the institution, and• The ability to use the findings to transform the
institutional climate
Qualitative research methods:• Document analysis• Emergent theme coding
• Concern for trustworthiness and authenticity
Transformative Research Paradigm:
Social justice orientation
Effort to recognize and reduce the privilege accorded to the researcher
Partnership between the researcher and the community
Both questions and findings belong to the community
Use of findings to promote community change
Mertens, D. M. (2009). Transformative Research and Evaluation. New York: Guilford Press.
Quick Summary
“Do a Campus Climate Survey.”
Quick Summary
“Do a Campus Climate Survey.”
Analyze Institutional Values around Diversity
Quick Summary
“Do a Campus Climate Survey.”
Analyze Institutional Values around Diversity
Create a Locally Authentic Survey Instrument
Quick Summary
“Do a Campus Climate Survey.”
Analyze Institutional Values around Diversity
Create a Locally Authentic Survey Instrument
Findings Generate a Campus-Wide Conversation
Quick Summary
“Do a Campus Climate Survey.”
Analyze Institutional Values around Diversity
Create a Locally Authentic Survey Instrument
Findings Generate a Campus-Wide Conversation
Conversation Leads to Cultural Change
Where to sta
rt?
Step 1: Don’t do it alone.
Step 1: Don’t do it alone.A broad-based research team (students/faculty/staff)• Establishes community ownership of the study• Makes findings more acceptable to the community at large• Builds the research capacity of the community, reducing the
privilege accorded to the researcher
Step 2: Round up institutional statements about diversity.
Where would you search on your own website?
Mission Vision Values Strategic Plan Core Curriculum Diversity Council Area Studies Programs Diversity Program/Support Offices
Others??
Step 3: Find the common themes.
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What do we say we are trying to accomplish about diversity?Do our public statements match our actual values?
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Step 4: Find survey items that fit your themes.
Themes• Welcoming Environment• Academic Support• Diverse Relationships• Diverse Curriculum• Social Justice
Survey Items1. _____________________2. _____________________3. _____________________4. _____________________5. _____________________6. _____________________7. _____________________8. _____________________9. _____________________10. _____________________
Step 4: Find survey items that fit your themes.
Select a tone … positive or negative?
Combination?
(Return to Step 1: Don’t do this alone.)
Questions f
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Do the selected survey items accurately reflect our themes?Will the tone elicit participation?
Questions f
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Step 5: Be really careful about demographics.
How does your institution phrase questions about…
Gender?
Race/ethnicity?
Sexual orientation?
Citizenship/national origin?
Religion?
Step 6: Select sample to enhance participation of invisible populations.
Step 6: Select sample to enhance participation of invisible populations.
Transg
ender
students
Step 6: Select sample to enhance participation of invisible populations.
Transg
ender
studentsInvisible
Disabilities
Step 6: Select sample to enhance participation of invisible populations.
Transg
ender
studentsInvisible
DisabilitiesUndocumented Immigrants
Step 6: Select sample to enhance participation of invisible populations.
Transg
ender
studentsInvisible
DisabilitiesUndocumented Immigrants
Lesbian, Gay, and bisexual students
Step 6: Select sample to enhance participation of invisible populations.
Transg
ender
studentsInvisible
DisabilitiesUndocumented Immigrants
Lesbian, Gay, and bisexual students
When in doubt, survey the whole population.
Step 7: Data analysis – For positively stated items, compare responses by demographic groups.
Step 8: The findings belong to the whole community, and only they can take action.
Step 8: The findings belong to the whole community, and only they can take action.
Step 8: The findings belong to the whole community, and only they can take action.
Step 8: The findings belong to the whole community, and only they can take action.
Step 8: The findings belong to the whole community, and only they can take action.
TAKE YOUR TIME
Samples for your use:
1. Sample campus climate survey items2. Sample campus climate survey, based on one
created and used at Keene State College
Cathryn TurrentineDirector of Institutional ResearchKeene State College
229 Main St.Keene, NH [email protected]