Campus Diversity Issues Questionnaire - 1994

This year, the University's Committee on Diversity is assessing the current campus climate and needs with respect to racial, cultural, and ethnic diversity. We would appreciate your cooperation in sharing with us your own experiences and ideas about these issues. Please answer the following questions frankly and give us your comments and ideas. The answers will be analyzed and reported back to the campus community. Your individual answers will be confidential and anonymous. If you have already filled out this questionnaire, do not complete a second one.

1. Do you think racial discrimination is a problem on our campus, and if so, how serious of a problem is it? (Select the answer closest to your own view.)
   1. It is not a problem; there does not seem to be any racial discrimination.
   2. Racial discrimination is extremely rare here.
   3. Racial discrimination does occur sometimes - it is some what of a problem.
   4. It is a frequent and serious problem
   5. I don't know


2. Have you personally experienced discrimination on campus based on your race or ethnicity?
   1. yes, frequently
   2. yes, but not very often
   3. no
   4. not sure


3. Have you witnessed incidents or do you have friends who have experienced incidents of racial or ethnic discrimination on our campus?
   1. yes, frequently
   2. yes, but not very often
   3. no
   4. not sure
4. Do you feel this university adequately supports
   1. yes
   2. no
   3. don't know


5. Describe your overall campus cultural experience:
   1. positive
   2. satisfactory
   3. negative


6. Do you think any of the university's policies or procedures constitute racial or ethnic discrimination?
   1. yes, many of them are discriminatory
   2. yes, a few are discriminatory
   3. yes, but only infrequently
   4. no, they are not discriminatory at all
   5. not sure


7. Do you feel your own culture has been include in the university's curriculum and cultural programs?
   1. yes, very much so
   2. yes, somewhat
   3. yes, but not enough
   4. almost completely ignored
   5. not sure

   For purposes of understanding how the issues in the questions affect or are perceived by groups, please let us know the following. What is your:



8. Gender?
   1. male
   2. female


9. Campus status? (main one):
   1. Undergraduate student
   2. Graduate student
   3. Staff
   4. Faculty
   5. Administration


10. Age group?
    1. under 25
    2. 25 - 40
    3. over 40

Ethnic category? For questions 11 - 17, choose as many as you personally identify with. You may list one or more specific identifications in question 18.
11. Native American, American Indian


12. African - American, Black, African


13. Asian - American, Asian (including Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Laotian, Pakistani, India, and others - you may specify below)


14. Latino, Hispanic ( including Mexican, Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Central American, South American)


15. Pacific Islander( including Hawaiian, Samoan, Filipino / Pilipino and others)


16. European - American, White, European


17. I do not identify myself with a specific race or ethnic group.


18. More specific identification, if you wish:


19. If you think there are problems with either the university's curriculum or its policies, please explain.


20. To increase cultural awareness, what improvements can you suggest for the campus? ( For example, are there improvements which are needed in staff training, curriculum, facilities, programs, etc.? Please make specific suggestions. )


21. If you have had a negative experience with a student, staff, and/or faculty at this university where the issue has been your race, ethnicity, or culture, please describe.


22. Have you had a particularly positive experience with a student, staff, and/or faculty member at this university where the issue was race, ethnicity, or culture? If so, please describe.