DSAES Assessment Plan for AY 2015-2016
Department/Program Name:
Director:
Department/Program Assessment
Contact(s) (in addition to above):
Department Mission Statement:
Department Vision Statement:
Center for Diversity and Inclusion
Niya Blair, Director
Michael Crook, Program Coordinator
The Center for Diversity and Inclusion fosters an inclusive university community by providing services,
programs, and support that engage, empower, and educate our highly diverse student population and campus
partners
The Center for Diversity and Inclusion aspires to become a multifaceted, nationally known Center for inclusive
excellence that provides educational, cultural, and leadership experiences that transform lives through
intercultural understanding
1. Develop a diversity/inclusion and global education strategy for UH students. ( DSAES Strategic Initiative’s:
3b, 3c, 3e)
A.
Develop phase two of diversity workshop series that includes three diversity or inclusive related workshops that are offered each semester at various times throughout the year-3e
B. Host Fall Speaker Series focusing on social justice advocacy -3b
C. Reorganize and host Diversity Institute,one-day conference, that includes a Diversity Luncheon-3b
D. Develop a workshop about the undocumentd student experience that is presented several times in the fall
and spring semesters-3c
2. Implement measures to retain our highly diverse student population. (DSAES Strategic Initiatives: 1d, 3b, 3e,
4a, 6a)
A. Implement phase two (increase membership to include incoming students) of the Achievement Initiative
for Minority Males program and plan year-long workshops and activities that connects members to campus
and community-1d
B. Implement Level II student staff experience that connects work/volunteer experience in the office with
student’s academic schedule-3b
C. Work with selected faculty members to infuse the Center’s diversity programs and initiatives into their
curriculum-6a
Department FY16 Goals: (include all D. Create a customized student leader diversity seminar for executive members of student organizations that is
department goals and DSAES strategic presented to them during the fall and spring semesters -4a
plan mapping)
3. Develop and implement an inclusion communication plan (DSAES Strategic Initiatives: 4a,5a, 5b,5c, 6b)
A. Create #IAMUH campaign in the spring that showcases diversity at the University of Houston- 5a
B. Work with faculty, staff, and student partners to help construct a campus wide diversity statement-6b
C. Collaborate with Human Resources to have the Center for Diversity and Inclusion listed as a resource for
faculty and staff in Orientation information packets-6b
D. Work with Director of Assessment and Planning to create assessment tool for departments in the division to
track the inclusiveness of their programs and services-4a
E. Increase creative and effective marketing via flyers, social media, and website through out the fall and spring
semesters-5b
G. In the fall create an internal communication plan for Center’s programs and outreach-5c
4. Create a welcoming and inclusive university environment (DSAES Strategic Initiative 3c,1d)
A.
Communicate with freshmen and transfer students about diversity on campus and the Center for Diversity and
Inclusion to ensure incoming students know about the Center and our programs and services-3c
B. All staff members in the Center for Diversity and Inclusion serve on one of the division-wide committees-2a
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DSAES Assessment Plan for AY 2015-2016
Program or Services Being Assessed (Assessment Activity #1): CDI Ambassador Program
Learning Outcome(s) and/or
Assessment Activity Objective(s)
Through trainings, programs, and
workshops the Center for Diversity and
Inclusion Ambassadors will be able to:
1. Articulate the importance of
diversity and inclusion
2. Increase comfort in speaking about
diversity related topics
3. Identify personal and professional
strengths that contribute to actualizing
one’s own potential
Purpose of Assessment Activity
The purpose of this assessment
activity is to determine if the
ambassador program does the
following :
1. Increase participants cultural
competence
2. Help participants build
connections to one another and to
the university
Method
1. Essay submission and presentation
to group evaluated by rubric
2. Pre- and Post- semester surveys
3. Checklist of Strengths Finder
Assessment completion
Frequency /
Timeline
FY16 Goal(s)
Supported
1. Have an activity 1,2,4
during a staff
meeting, practice in
front of group and
end of the year
share out
2.
Distributed at entry
into the program,
mid semester and
after
3. Checklist will be
created prior to the
Strengths Finder
Training
Summary of this activity (to be completed at the end assessment cycle for this activity)
Results (i.e. data collected):
Action (i.e. what will change in the department or program as a result of the data collected):
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DSAES Assessment Plan for AY 2015-2016
Program or Services Being Assessed (Assessment Activity #2): Achievement Initiative for Minority Males (AIMM)
Learning Outcome(s) and/or
Assessment Activity Objective(s)
By paticpating in meetings, workshops,
and weekly study hall sessions,
members of AIMM will complete the
below learning outcomes:
1. Increase grade performance
2. Report an increase sense of campus
connectedness
3. Identify academic related campus
resources/faculty to assist with
academic success
Purpose of Assessment Activity
The purpose is to see if the AIMM
program.
1. Helps retain UH African
American and Hispanic male
population
2. Develops a sense of campus
connectedness for AIMM
members
3. Is effective in helping members
identify campus resources and
faculty to assist with academic
success
Method
1. Check participants grades through
peoplesoft
2. Participants self report through a
baseline survey to determine if
participants feel better connected to
campus
3. Survey in Baseline to determine if
participants are able to identify faculty
and academic resources that were
provided to them in workshops and
meetings
Frequency /
Timeline
FY16 Goal(s)
Supported
1. Check grades at 2,4
the beginning and
end of the semester
2. Mid-year check in
and end of the
spring semester
3. Semester Selfreport through
rubric
Summary of this activity (to be completed at the end assessment cycle for this activity)
Results (i.e. data collected):
Action (i.e. what will change in the department or program as a result of the data collected):
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DSAES Assessment Plan for AY 2015-2016
Program or Services Being Assessed (Assessment Activity #3): Dream Zone/Undocumented Student Ally Training
Learning Outcome(s) and/or
Assessment Activity Objective(s)
Workshop participants will
1.Increase their knowledge about the
challenges undocumented students
experience
2. Describe one behavior they will
adjust to become more sensitive to
the undocumented community
Purpose of Assessment Activity
Method
The purpose of this assessment
1. Provide pre-test and post paper
activitity is to see if the DreamZone survey and then manually enter the
Ally training is effective in:
results into a Baseline survey
1. increasing the knowledge about
challenges of undocumented
students
2. helping training attendees
identify their personal impact on
undocumented students
experience
3. Increase participants cultural
competence
Frequency /
Timeline
1. At the end of
each workshop
FY16 Goal(s)
Supported
1, 4
Summary of this activity (to be completed at the end assessment cycle for this activity)
Results (i.e. data collected):
Action (i.e. what will change in the department or program as a result of the data collected):
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DSAES Assessment Plan for AY 2015-2016
Program or Services Being Assessed (Assessment Activity #4): Marketing and Outreach
Learning Outcome(s) and/or
Assessment Activity Objective(s)
1. Increase utilization of the Center
2. Workshop and Cultural
Conversations attendees will be able
to identify at least two resources
offered by the Center as a result of
increase marketing efforts
Purpose of Assessment Activity
Method
The purpose of marketing and
outreach of the Center is to:
1. Track the number of students
who visit the Center and number of
organizations that reserve the
Center for programs or meetings
2. To understand if our marketing
outreach has created awareness
about the Center
1. Center for Diversity and Inclusion
staff will record who visits the Center
and who reserves space for events
2. Develop an in-house survey using
Baseline for those who attend
workshops and Cultural Conversations
3. Collection of PSID's by service
users
Frequency /
Timeline
FY16 Goal(s)
Supported
1. Office utilization 2,3,4
tracked on a daily
basis and create
monthly reports
2. Surveys
distributed after
each workshop and
Cultural
Conversations
3. Collect on
applications at
events
Summary of this activity (to be completed at the end assessment cycle for this activity)
Results (i.e. data collected):
Action (i.e. what will change in the department or program as a result of the data collected):
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