Undergraduate Diversity Survey

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Undergraduate Diversity Survey
No survey of this kind has been done at Brandeis
in recent memory. It thus serves several
purposes 1. Allowing the University to see who
is really present at Brandeis 2. Giving students
the opportunity to self-identify 3. Having a
basis for programming 4. Providing a space for
students to share their voices about their own
identities as well as diversity at Brandeis

• Sent out via email March 22nd
• Cut for analysis April 9th

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Current Facts and Figures

• 3,304 Undergraduate students 2,009 Graduate
  students
• 103 Foreign Countries,
• 12 Minorities,
• 15 From Abroad,
• Male-Female Ratio of 46-54.
• (http//www.brandeis.edu/overview/factsandfigures.
  html)

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Results

• 533 Respondents
• Current Undergraduate population 3,304 students
• (http//www.brandeis.edu/overview/factsandfigures.
  html)
• 533 respondents represent 16.13 of the
  population.
• 152 surveys are incomplete (28.52 of all
  respondents)
• 3 surveys falsified (0.6 of responses)

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Survey Format

• Self-Identifications (9)
• Feelings About Diversity (17)
• Check Boxes Fill-Ins

5
Racial Self-Identifications
6
Socio-Economic Self-Identifications
7
Household Income
8
Religious Self-Identifications
9
Gender Self-Identifications
10
Sex Self-Identifications
11
Birth Certificates

• Is how you identify your sex consistent with the
  sex originally listed on your birth
  certificate?
• Response Number of Responses
• Yes 528
• No 5
• Total 533

12
Sexual Orientation Self-Identifications
13
Registrar Adequacy
14
Points of Analysis

• Overview of Populations Represented
• Limitations of Data
• Student Experiences
• Campus Climate
• Problems with Diversity Conceptually
• Recognition of Others Oppressions
• Social Networking and Risk-Taking Among Students
• Academic Risk-Taking
• Club Involvement / Importance
• Student Comments

15
Organization of Data

• There were 3 fill-in responses for the diversity
  section of the survey
• They are organized by the general tone of the
  comment into various categories
• - Politically-Based - Academic-Based/Importance
  of
• - Socio-Economic-Based - Programming-Based/Impor
  tance of
• - Race-Based - Individual
  Student-Based/Importance of
• - Religion-Based - Club-Based/ Importance of
• - Nationality / Region-Based - Staff-Based/
  Importance of
• - Housing-Based - Feigned Support
• - Gender-Based - Positive
  Comments
• - Sexuality-Based - Joke"
  Answers
• - Disability-Based - Negative Comments
• - Behavior-Based - No Answer

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Immediate Uses of Data

• Administrators in Student Life, Residence Life,
  and Admissions
• Jamele Adams, Assistant Dean of Student Life in
  Support of Diversity, will be involved in putting
  this information to practical use for future
  purposes relating to student support services,
  programming changes and goals, and even
  recruitment and retention.
• Publication on a website connected to my senior
  project and linked off of Trisks website.