The President's Diversity and Inclusion Survey Leadership Team identified, developed, and implemented components contributing to a comprehensive BU Campus Climate Survey of Diversity.
Key Deliverables
- conduct focus groups representative of BU's diverse community
- develop a survey of items using the appropriate literature and information gathered in the focus groups,
- present and solicit feedback on survey from members of the President’s Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion,
- administer the survey campus-wide and analyze the resulting data,
- present and solicit feedback on preliminary findings from members of the President’s Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion,
- produce a draft BU Campus Climate survey Summary Report to be presented for preliminary review and discussion by the BU president, VPs, equity and accommodations director, APSCUF president, APSCUF meet & discuss chair, AFSCME president, AFSCME meet & discuss chair, SCUPA leadership and other appropriate bargaining unit representatives
- disseminate the final Report to the campus community through pre-identified venues before finals week of Fall 2012; and
- collect and synthesize comments from community members, summarize, discuss with President's Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion, and report to president's group.
The survey's implementation plan included:
Fall 2011
- Obtain initial recommendations from Diversity and Inclusion Task Force Members regarding implementation steps and target focus groups
- Submit and receive IRB approval for focus groups
- Collaborate with Office of Marketing and Communication to develop Communication Plan
- Conduct approximately 20 focus groups and analyze qualitative data
- Purchase set of survey questions from Dr. Susan Rankin, Penn State University
Spring 2012
- Revise survey questions to reflect the context and culture of Bloomsburg University
- Prepare electronic draft of the survey using Qualtrics
- Share draft survey with Diversity and Inclusion Task Force Members to make appropriate revisions (process repeated twice)
- Identified incentives for participation
- Submit and receive IRB for dissemination of survey (March 2012)
- Develop and display website for survey and promotional materials
- Conduct survey for three weeks
- Conduct data analysis of survey results
- Prepare draft report including recommendations from the Leadership Team for review by campus community
- Obtain feedback on content of draft report
Summer and Fall 2012
- Integrate feedback into the final report
- Submit final report for review by campus
- Present Campus Climate Survey findings through several campus venues