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ERIC Number: ED386253
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1995-May
Pages: 49
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
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.