Preliminary Findings PACE Union Survey: Workplace Incident Prevention and Response Since 9/11

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FACES OF THE FUTURE Voices of the Students

• December 3, 2004

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Overview of Faces of the Future

• Faces of the Future is a national survey
  conducted by the American Association of
  Community Colleges (AACC) and ACT,Inc.
• Faces of the Future was designed to collect
  demographic data and information about the
  personal goals, educational backgrounds,
  employment history,and college experiences of
  credit and non-credit students.

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Definition of Groups

• Racial Ethnic Group
• Credit Students
• Indicated Race as Black, Hispanic, Native
  Hawaiian, Asian, or American Indian
• Financial Aid Group
• Credit Students
• Indicated Student Financial Aid as a funding
  source for paying for courses/classes

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Selected Questions Racial Group

• How much of a problem has each of the following
  been while taking classes at this college?
• Child care costs, transportation costs, etc.
• Indicate your level of agreement with each of the
  following statements
• Administrators and non-teaching staff treat
  students in my racial/ethnic group with respect
• Concern is shown for students as individuals
• Students in my racial/ethnic group are treated
  with respect by students in other racial/ethnic
  groups
• Instructors treat students in my racial/ethnic
  group with respect
• I feel that I fit in at this college

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Selected Questions - Financial Group

• How much of a problem has each of the following
  been while taking classes at this college?
• Child care costs, transportation costs, etc.
• Indicate your level of agreement with each of the
  following statements
• Concern is shown for students as individuals
• I feel that I fit in at this college

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PRELIMINARY FINDINGS
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Top 3 Problems Racial Financial
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Selected Questions Racial Group
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Selected Questions Racial Group
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Selected Questions Racial Group
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Selected Questions Racial Group

• Additional Racial Group data
• 70 of the students agree that concern is shown
  for students as individuals. (n186)
• 70 of the students feel that they fit in at this
  college. (n189)

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Selected Questions - Financial Group
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Selected Questions - Financial Group
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Coming Soon

• Full Faces of the Future report
• Extensive analysis of credit and non-credit
  student data
• Custom reports on credit student data for racial
  and financial groups
• Comparison of data from other community colleges