ERIC Number: ED386253
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1995-May
Pages: 49
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Campus Climate Faculty/Staff/Administrator Survey. Institutional Research.
Mattice, Nancy J.
In fall 1994, College of the Canyons (COC), in California, conducted a survey of all 380 faculty, staff, and administrators to determine their attitudes toward and experiences at the college. The survey rate was 31.8%, with 121 responses and results were compared to findings from a spring 1994 survey completed by 545 students for a 30.8% response rate. Study findings included the following: (1) while all administrators and nearly 90% of the faculty believed diversity was a good thing for COC, only 84% of staff and 79% of students agreed; (2) 50% of faculty, 58% of staff, and 47% of students believed that promoting diversity leads to the admission of too many underprepared students; (3) 86.3% of faculty, 88.2% of administrators, 80% of staff, and 77% of students agreed that COC had achieved a positive climate for diversity; (4) while 60% of faculty and 85% of administrators disagreed that affirmative action leads to the hiring of less qualified faculty and staff, 64% of staff and 56% of students agreed; (5) for all groups, the most commonly cited discrimination was that based on race/ethnicity or gender, while the least commonly cited was that based on sexual orientation and disability; (6) 44.5% of faculty, 33.8% of staff, and 83.4% of administrators reported that they had participated in an organized diversity activity in the past year; and (7) 22.5% of faculty pointed to a scarcity of qualified minority candidates as a major obstacle to increasing diversity, compared to 3% of staff and 16.7% of administrators. Responses to open-ended questions are included. The survey instrument is attached. (KP)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Affirmative Action, College Environment, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Disabilities, Diversity (Institutional), Educational Environment, Employee Attitudes, Ethnic Discrimination, Minority Groups, Questionnaires, School Surveys, Sex Discrimination, Student Attitudes, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA. Office of Institutional Development.
Identifiers: College of the Canyons CA
Note: For the spring 1994 student survey, see ED 374 854.


