Cal Poly Humboldt
PAE-7: Measuring Campus Diversity Culture

Dissecting Diversity Report
Beginning in Spring 2009, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion was charged with developing and implementing an annual process to track, monitor, and report on a range of key indicators of campus diversity at HSU. Our annual Dissecting Diversity Report analyzes data across a range of indicators, including quantitative analysis of student demographics, inclusive excellence (persistence, graduation, and course success), and institutional diversity (faculty and staff), as well as qualitative analysis of self-reported student, faculty, and staff experiences on the HSU campus, with a focus on issues relative to inclusion and exclusion in the campus community. Of particular note, the report includes feedback obtained from hundreds of students through a series of focus groups, which asked students specifically to discuss their personal experiences on campus relative to diversity, inclusion, student success, support networks and resources, and interactions on campus and in the surrounding community.

The report also incorporates data from campus-wide surveys, including the Campus Quality Survey and the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), which are administered by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning and further described below. Each fall, the Dissecting Diversity Report is widely disseminated across campus, and Office of Diversity and Inclusion staff present findings to various stakeholder groups, including administrators, faculty, staff, and students.

Office of Institutional Research and Planning (IRP) Assessments
The Office of Institutional Research and Planning conducts regular assessments on diversity-related topics. Most recently, the IRP conducted the Campus Quality Survey (Spring 2012), which collected data on students’ interactions across the campus and surrounding community, including particular questions related to inclusion and the HSU campus climate. In 2008, the IRP administered the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), which also collected data on students’ experiences at HSU. NSSE will be administered again in Spring 2013.

Program Review, Evaluation, and Planning Process (PREP)
The Program Review, Evaluation, and Planning (PREP) process provides an annual formal review of all degree programs at HSU, with the aim of strengthening the quality of academic programs through evidence-based decision-making and reflective planning. Each department reviews data annually to assess program outcomes, viability, and curriculum, which then forms the basis for short- and long-term planning. One of the five areas for this process requires departments to assess and address Diversity and Inclusive Excellence at the program level.

Dissecting Diversity Report
The Dissecting Diversity Report is widely disseminated across campus, and is annually used by administrators (including the President’s Executive Council and the Provost’s Council), campus working groups (such as the Enrollment Management Working Group), and academic departments across campus to inform new policy, programs, and initiatives relative to diversity and inclusive excellence. A few examples of initiatives implemented as a result of the Dissecting Diversity Report include: development of a comprehensive strategy for increasing the diversity of the applicant pool for faculty positions; implementation of a formal Bias Response Team, a process for responding to hate/bias incidents on campus; inclusion of diversity-related measures in the new program review process for academic departments; and the development of a residential academic mentoring program designed to offer new students personal support in making the transition to college life and study. A comprehensive list of new policy, programs, and initiatives implemented directly and indirectly as a result of this assessment appears in the early pages of each annual report, available online at http://www.humboldt.edu/diversity/reports.html

Campus Quality Survey
HSU is using the results of the Campus Quality Survey to help analyze and assess services, academics and campus climate for students, which lays the groundwork for improvement to take place in identified areas. HSU also uses the responses from the survey to inform the campus about how student experiences effect their social and academic integration to assist in the retention and graduation of students. Information about this survey is available online at http://humboldt.edu/irp/CQS.html

Program Review, Evaluation, and Planning Process (PREP)
Departments – including faculty and administrators – use PREP as a tool to benchmark progress and plan for the coming academic year(s). Thus far, PREP evaluations have resulted in several new initiatives at the department and college level, which are focused on supporting diversity and inclusion within academic programs, including efforts toward course transformation, designing community-building events and structures to more fully engage students, and establishing major-based peer mentoring programs. To better inform coordinated planning, all PREP artifacts are made available to the academic community. Information about this assessment process is available online at http://humboldt.edu/irp/PREP.html

Years assessments were last administered:
Dissecting Diversity Report – Fall 2012
Campus Quality Survey – Spring 2012
PREP Process – Fall 2012
NSSE – Spring 2008; will be administered again in Spring 2013