Diversity and Equity Campus Climate Survey 2022

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Everyone has a role in creating an inclusive culture. Can we count on you?

Thank you for participating in the 2022 Diversity and Equity Campus Climate Survey. Your input will ensure a stronger living, learning, and working environment by informing and improving policies, practices, and support offered at RIT. Our campus comprises people who live, study and work together—a collective that best thrives in an inclusive environment where all feel welcome.

Over the summer, the Campus Climate Survey Committee will review the survey results and provide recommendations for achieving a more inclusive, engaging, and supportive environment for our students, faculty, staff, and administrators. 

More information on the timeline and initiatives will be throughout the next several months. 

Frequently Asked Questions

The survey should be completed by all current faculty staff and students in order to gauge the climate on campus surrounding diversity and equity.

The survey should take about 15 minutes to complete.

RIT is committed to ensuring an inclusive, diverse, engaging, and supportive environment for our students, faculty, staff, and administrators. We plan to use the survey results to understand better the extent to which the RIT campus climate supports diversity and equity and inform and improve support, policies, and practices related to diversity and equity, including those to prevent or respond to discrimination and harassment.

The Campus Climate Survey Committee will assemble key findings and recommendations to be presented to the RIT community during the fall 2022 semester.  

The Campus Climate Survey addresses: 

  • perceptions of RIT’s climate, 
  • perceptions of how RIT supports diversity and equity, and 
  • experiences with discrimination and harassment at RIT. 

No. They are different surveys. The Campus Climate survey is part of the recently released Action Plan for Race and Ethnicity, which outlines a series of initiatives to make the University more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. 

The Title IX Sexual Misconduct Climate Survey is conducted every other year to monitor trends and identify issues occurring on campus. It is part of the statewide “Enough is Enough” law designed to help keep students safe.  

No. They are different surveys. The Campus Climate survey is part of the recently released Action Plan for Race and Ethnicity, which outlines a series of initiatives to make the University more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. 

The COACHE survey for faculty will be administered next year.

We will not use the information to investigate specific individuals or incidents. If there is an incident of discrimination or harassment that you would like to report, you are encouraged to report it through the Reporting an Incident website.

Yes. Honest and authentic responses are needed to gather reliable data about the University climate. All responses will be completely confidential. The survey uses the “Anonymize responses” setting in Qualtrics to prevent the collection of personably identifiable information such as survey respondents’ names, email addresses, IP addresses, location information, etc.

The survey tool was designed with accessibility in mind. All survey questions have an accompanying ASL translation video. Use the language drop-down button within the survey to select the sign language version.

Yes. Supervisors, Managers, Administrators, and Leaders are being requested to encourage, support and facilitate staff and faculty participation by allowing up to 30 minutes to take the survey. Non-exempt (hourly) staff may be excused and provided up to 30 minutes release time from their work assignments during their regularly scheduled work hours. 

You can take the survey on your mobile phone using the link or a QR code found on flyers around campus. Alternatively, you can stop into the Liberal Arts PC Lab (LBR- 3233) on March 23 from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. or on March 28 from 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. and use one of the lab computers to complete the survey.

Leaders of this survey effort are Liz Bremer, Director of Assessment and Research Management, and Keith Jenkins, Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion.  

An ASL translation is available.