OSU Faculty Senate Diversity Committee

Dwaine Plaza & Evviva Weinraub

The purpose of the Faculty Senate sponsored survey is to explore the current attitudes, opinions, and experiences of Oregon State University's Affiliate, Research and Tenure track faculty on a variety of diversity issues.

Last diversity survey done by Rankin Associates for Terrill Ross office. 68 questions.

10 committee members spent the past 8 months coming up with a 23 question instrument (close ended and open ended questions).

Roll out for Survey will be October 2013

Two weeks for completion of the survey (with reminders)

November/December Analysis of the data collected from the survey

Presentation of a final report to Senate Executive Committee

Hope to use this as a base line survey– regular diversity survey

Survey Instrument Highlights

Qualtrics Survey Platform Used

http://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8kMlwRVi1wqrEGN

Instrument contains 23 questions

Concerns for anonymity of respondents .

Demographic Questions: rank, primary position, affiliation, gender, age, self identified marginality

Open ended questions

Policy Recommendations to Faculty Senate Executive Committee

Close Ended Questions are Focused on Diversity Understanding, Perceptions & Experiences

We will ask specific questions about opinions on diversity issues at OSU.

Policy and Practices at the department level, college and university level

Gauging the understanding of diversity at OSU– individual, department and college levels

University and department diversity policies– how aware and supportive are individuals for these?

How comfortable are individuals with raising concerns about issues such as discrimination, harassment, or management practices at OSU?

How well does OSU do in terms of Recruitment, Tenure, Promotion, Commitment to Diversity?

5 Open Ended Questions on Diversity at OSU

•In your opinion what are the primary obstacles to achieving diversity and inclusion at OSU?

•In your opinion what do you see as the positive efforts at OSU for achieving diversity and inclusion?

•Have you experienced any conduct based on personal characteristics that has affected your ability to succeed at OSU?

•Please share any suggestions on how to improve diversity and promote an inclusive culture at OSU.

•What point or points are not addressed on this survey that you feel is relevant to our better understanding of diversity issues at OSU?