Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.54
Liaison Tom Hartzell
Submission Date Feb. 26, 2020

STARS v2.2

Calvin University
PA-6: Assessing Diversity and Equity

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Michelle Loyd-Paige
Exec. Associate to the President for Diversity and Inclusion
President's Office
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Has the institution engaged in a structured assessment process during the previous three years to improve diversity, equity and inclusion on campus?:
Yes

A brief description of the assessment process and the framework, scorecard(s) and/or tool(s) used:

A. The college uses a Diversity and Inclusion Dashboard with nine institutional performance metrics. The IPMs include indicators that track student and employee composition across several measures.
B. An Inclusive Scorecard (separate from the dashboard above) addresses four areas: Institutional Dynamism, Learning and Engagement, Access and Equity, and Campus Climate.
C. The college has participated in a West-Michigan based anti-racism institutional assessment. In January 2015, the college received the highest certification possible from the Partners For a Racism Free Community assessment program and provides yearly updates to maintain certification.
D. The college provides updates based on diversity-related strategic plan goals to the campus community and to its Board on a quarterly basis.
E. The college provides annual reports to the Christian Reformed Church - North America. The college is associated with the CRC-NA
F. The college participated in the West Michigan President's College Compact diversity and inclusion 2017 survey/scorecard.
G. The college administered a diversity campus climate survey in 2015 and 2017.


Does the assessment process address campus climate by engaging stakeholders to assess the attitudes, perceptions and behaviors of employees and students, including the experiences of underrepresented groups?:
Yes

Does the assessment process address student outcomes related to diversity, equity and success?:
Yes

Does the assessment process address employee outcomes related to diversity and equity?:
Yes

A brief description of the most recent assessment findings and how the results are used in shaping policy, programs, and initiatives:

- HR reports indicated a small uptick in the proposition of faculty and staff of color leaving the college. Sessions on retaining faculty and staff of color were held for cabinet members. A mentoring program for faculty and staff of color was implemented.
- Topics for training sessions were inspired by results of the 2017 climate survey.


Are the results of the most recent structured diversity and equity assessment shared with the campus community?:
Yes

A brief description of how the assessment results are shared with the campus community:

-Results from recent surveys and scorecards are presented in State-of-the-Campus information sessions; incorporated into diversity training workshops and were included as part of reports to the Board of Trustee reports (an electronic document that can be downloaded) at
- The survey and scorecard results are loaded into in a Tableau workbook and is available upon request to Calvin employees.
- Strategic Plan scorecard (which includes diversity goals) is available to Calvin College employees at anytime.


Are the results (or a summary of the results) of the most recent structured diversity and equity assessment publicly posted?:
Yes

The diversity and equity assessment report or summary (upload):
Website URL where the diversity and equity assessment report or summary is publicly posted:
Website URL where information about the institution’s diversity and equity assessment efforts is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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