Compilation of Climate Surveys
Markus Brauer, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Survey
Name of Plan
Author
Target Group
Summary
Relevant Measures
Survey Link
American Association of
University Professors’
Faculty Classroom
Diversity Questionnaire
Does Diversity
Make a
Difference?
Maruyama et
al. (2000)
1,500 randomly selected
full-time faculty at
Carnegie Classified
Research-I institutions
54 questions;
mail &
telephone
follow-up
1) Diversity in institution
2) Diversity in classes
3) Diversity in classrooms
http://psych.wisc.edu/Braue
r/BrauerLab/wpcontent/uploads/2014/04/f
aculty-classroom-diversityquestionnaire.pdf
Hutchinson,
Raymond, &
Black (2008)
13,445 students (1,430
grads) from large, public
Carnegie classified
Doctoral/Research
University in the Rocky
Mountain region
45 questions;
seven-factor
baseline
model
1) Faculty Support
2) University Commitment to Diversity
3) Race- and Gender-Based Relations
4) Climate for Diverse Groups
5) Fair & Unfair Treatment
6) Experiencing Insensitive Remarks
http://psych.wisc.edu/Braue
r/BrauerLab/wpcontent/uploads/2014/04/U
ndergraduate-BaselineModel-Latent-and-ObservedVariables.pdf
Rankin (2008)
450,000+, including
undergraduates, graduates,
post-docs, staff, and faculty
115 questions;
administered
to 10 UC
schools
1) Personal experiences of diversity
2) Perception of campus/location climate
3) Institutional actions
4) Satisfaction with college
http://campusclimate.ucop.e
du/_common/files/pdfclimate/ucb-full-report.pdf
(Survey in appendix)
University of Maryland
Diversity Survey
Sedlacek
(2004)
University of Maryland
undergraduates
81 questions
1) Racial and Ethnic Climate
2) How well is this school doing on diversity
3) General experience on campus
4) Your experiences on campus
5) Diversity Programs
williamsedlacek.info/publica
tions/surveys/Diversitysurvey+refs.doc
University of Hawaii at
Manoa Campus Climate
Survey
Ah Sam
(2005)
1279 undergraduate
students
42 questions
1) Campus experiences
2) Actions relative to climate issue
3) How to improve the campus climate
http://psych.wisc.edu/Braue
r/BrauerLab/wpcontent/uploads/2014/04/h
awaii-climate-survey.pdf
Climate survey at
Carnegie classified
Doctoral/ Research
University in the Rocky
Mountain region
University of California
Campus Climate
UC Campus
Climate
Assessment
Project
UCLA’s Diverse Learning
Environments Survey
2016
Diverse Learning
Environments
Project
Hurtado
(1999)
Students on campus
52 questions;
administered
annually
1) Campus climate - experiences with
discrimination, cross-racial interactions,
validation and sense of belonging
2) Diversity efforts with campus practices
3) Student learning outcomes
4) Baseline strengths, identify areas for
improvement, and track progress related to
diversity efforts
http://www.heri.ucla.edu/P
DFs/surveyAdmin/dle/2016
/DLE-2016-CoreInstrument.pdf
Higher Education
Research Institute
(HERI)’s Freshman
Survey 2015
The American
Freshman
Hurtado, HERI
First year students before
they start classes
51 questions
1) Established behaviors in high school
2) Academic preparedness
3) Admissions decisions
4) Expectations of college
5) Interactions with peer and faculty
6) Student values and goals
7) Student demographic characteristics
8) Concerns about financing college
http://www.heri.ucla.edu/re
searchers/instruments/CIRP
/2015-CIRP-FreshmanSurvey.pdf
Hurtado, HERI
First year students at the
end of first year
36 questions
1) Student adjustments to college
2) Academic experiences and achievement
3) Extracurricular experiences
4) How students have changed since entering
http://www.heri.ucla.edu/P
DFs/surveyAdmin/YFCY/20
15/YFCY2015.pdf
Higher Education
Research Institute
(HERI)’s Your First
College Year Survey
CLIMATE SURVEYS
Survey
OCTOBER 2015
Author
Target Group
Summary
Relevant Measures
Survey Link
Higher Education
Research Institute
(HERI)’s College Senior
Survey
Hurtado, HERI
Undergraduate seniors
40 questions
1) Academic achievement and engagement
2) Student-faculty interaction
3) Cognitive and affective development
4) Student goals and values (including diversity)
5) Satisfaction with college experience
http://www.heri.ucla.edu/P
DFs/surveyAdmin/CSS/201
5/CSS2015.pdf
Higher Education
Research Institute
(HERI)’s Faculty Survey Campus Climate Module
Hurtado, HERI
Faculty members at
universities
58 questions
1) Institutional practices on diversity
2) Personal experiences of prejudice
3) Witness someone else getting prejudiced
4) Satisfaction with diversity on campus
5) Satisfaction with diversity in the department
http://www.heri.ucla.edu/P
DFs/surveyAdmin/fac/HERI
-Faculty-Campus-ClimateModule.pdf
New York University
dental program’s
diversity survey
Palatta, A.
(2014)
320 senior dental students
at the New York
University’s College of
Dentistry
94 questions;
adapted from
HERI survey
1) Institutional commitment to diversity
2) Informal & formal cross-cultural interactions
3) Perceptions of discrimination & hostility
4) Sense of belonging & diverse patients
5) Perceived negative effects of diversity
6) Pre-dental school interaction w/ diverse peers
http://psych.wisc.edu/Braue
r/BrauerLab/wpcontent/uploads/2014/04/n
yu-dental.pdf
All parents with children
currently enrolled in
MMSD, all full-time staff
members, and all students
in grades 3-12
28 questions
1) Relationships
2) Teaching and learning
3) School improvement
4) Institutional environment
5) Family engagement
http://psych.wisc.edu/Braue
r/BrauerLab/wpcontent/uploads/2014/04/
MMSD-Parent-ClimateSurvey.docx
Madison Metropolitan
School District Parent
Climate Survey
Name of Plan
Madison
Metropolitan
School District
Strategic
Framework
Washington University Perceptions of
Undergraduate Life and
Student Experiences
2003
Washington University
undergraduates
150+
questions;
administered
every 2 years
1) Overall satisfaction with institution
2) Activities done in college
3) Evaluation of faculty
4) Skills gained through school
5) Interracial collaboration
6) Health & well-being
http://provost.wustl.edu/wp
content/uploads/2015/07/I
R-PULSE-2015-WUinstrument.pdf
Virginia Tech 2013
undergraduate student
climate survey
Fall 2000
1120 students; first-time
freshmen excluded
97 questions
1) Campus support
2) Campus safety
3) Faculty/advising
4) Academic program/department climate
5) Campus diversity
http://psych.wisc.edu/Braue
r/BrauerLab/wpcontent/uploads/2014/04/v
tech-undergraduate-climatesurvey.pdf
Virginia Tech 2013
graduate student climate
survey
Spring 2013
846 Virginia Tech graduate
students
97 questions
1) Campus support
2) Campus safety
3) Faculty/advising
4) Academic program/department climate
5) Campus diversity
http://graduateschool.vt.edu
/sites/default/files/u12/div
ersity/Graduate%20Student
%20Climate%20Survey%20
Spring%202013-1.pdf
2013
3112 Virginia Tech
employees
83 questions
1) Resources & diversity
2) Communications & co-workers
3) Leadership & Supervision
4) Job satisfaction
http://www.hr.vt.edu/work
place-improvement/climatesurvey/2013/file_2013_clim
ate_survey.pdf
Virginia Tech 2013
employee climate survey
Workplace
Improvement
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