Overall Rating Reporter - expired
Overall Score
Liaison Elizabeth Drake
Submission Date April 14, 2011
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Swarthmore College
PAE-7: Measuring Campus Diversity Culture

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Amanda Bayer
Associate Professor
Economics
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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):

Senior Survey--an 8-page survey is designed by COFHE, administered to seniors biennially in the spring. http://www.swarthmore.edu/Admin/institutional_research/survdetail/seniorform06.pdf
Higher Education Research Institute Survey(HERI)--national survey of faculty. Swarthmore participated in 2004-05 and in 2010-2011.
http://www.swarthmore.edu/x16280.xml


Year the assessment was last administered:
2,011

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

"Results from these items are shared with the directors of appropriate areas of the College, as well as with president’s staff. The student responses are presented over time, in the context of ratings of other areas within the College, and as a ranking among peer institutions
(including a subset of the most similar peers). These assessments have been well received. Though simple, they present a useful general gauge with important context (the comparisons with other offices and with peer institutions). The IR Office receives follow-up contacts from administrators, such as requests for additional information, support for developing additional research to pursue a concern, and coordinating a contact with a highly ranked peer institution."
http://www.swarthmore.edu/middlestates/msfinal.pdf


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