Climate for Minorities at UK

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Climate for Minorities at UK

• A Summary of Various Survey Findings (1997 2001)

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Survey Results Compiled from. . .

• The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE,
  2001)
• Undergraduate Alumni Survey (1999,
  2000, 2001)
• New Freshmen Survey (2001)
• Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory (1997,
  2000)

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NSSE 2001 Percent of students reporting they
often or very often had serious conversations
with . . .

• Students of another race
• Less than four in ten (38) UK students
• Over half (56) of students at other
  doctoral/research extensive institutions
• Students who differ in terms of religion,
  politics, or personal values
• Over half (56) of UK students
• Two-thirds (67) of students at other
  doctoral/research extensive institutions

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Percent Satisfied with Opportunities to Interact
with Different Backgrounds and Cultures (N393)
Completely Satisfied
Not at All Satisfied
Dont Know
Source CPE Sponsored Alumni Survey, 2000-2001
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How often have you had serious conversations with
students of a different race or ethnicity than
your own? (N155)
Note Differences are significant at
plt.001. Source National Survey of Student
Engagement, 2000-2001
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How often have you had serious conversations with
students who differ from you in terms of their
religious beliefs, political opinions, or
personal values? (N155)
Source National Survey of Student Engagement,
2000-2001
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To what extent has your experience at UK
contributed to your understanding people of other
racial and ethnic backgrounds? (N151)
Source National Survey of Student Engagement,
2000-2001
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To what extent does UK emphasize encouraging
contact among students from different economic,
social, and racial or ethnic backgrounds? (N151)
Note Differences are significant at
plt.001. Source National Survey of Student
Engagement, 2000-2001
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Perceived Academic Climate for African-American
Students at UK (Overall N2358,
African-American N68)
Note Results are compiled from three years of
surveys Source Undergraduate Alumni Survey
Results for 1999, 2000, 2001
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Perceived Academic Climate for Other Minority
Students at UK (Overall N2328, Other Minorities
N82)
Note Results are compiled from three years of
surveys Source Undergraduate Alumni Survey
Results for 1999, 2000, 2001
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Perceived Academic Climate for Women at UK
Source Undergraduate Alumni Survey Results for
2001
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Perceived Social Climate for African-American
Students at UK (Overall N2298,
African-American N68)
Note Results are compiled from three years of
surveys Source Undergraduate Alumni Survey
Results for 1999, 2000, 2001
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Perceived Social Climate for Other Minority
Students at UK (Overall N2291, Other
Minorities N80)
Note Results are compiled from three years of
surveys Source Undergraduate Alumni Survey
Results for 1999, 2000, 2001
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Perceived Social Climate for Women at UK
Source Undergraduate Alumni Survey Results for
2001
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Would You Enroll Again at UK?
Source Undergraduate Alumni Survey Results for
2001
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New Freshman Survey to ask

• During the past year, how often have you engaged
  in the following activities with an African
  American, a white American, and a person from
  another minority group?

• Worked on a school project
• Had a long conversation about a topic of mutual
  interest
• Went to a movie or social event
• Invited him/her to your home
• Counted him/her among your good friends
• Went to his/her home

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Freshman Survey Findings

• When asked how frequently they had worked on a
  high school project with a student of another
  race . . .
• Over one-third (37) of white students said they
  had never worked with an African American
  student
• Only 1 of African American students reported
  that they had never worked with a white student

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Freshman Survey Findings

• When asked how frequently during the past year
  they had had a long conversation with a student
  of another race . . .
• Less than half (40) of white students reported
  conversing with an African American student on 4
  or more occasions
• 84 of African American students reported
  conversing with a white student on 4 or more
  occasions

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There is a strong commitment to racial harmony on
campus. (1not satisfied at all to 7 very
satisfied)
Source Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction
Inventory, 1997 and 2000
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There is a strong commitment to racial harmony on
campus.
Source Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction
Inventory, 1997 Note A Gap of 1.5 or greater
suggests an area of concern. A gap is defined as
the difference between importance and
satisfaction.
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Faculty..fair/unbiased in treatment of
individual students.
Source Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction
Inventory, 1997 Note A Gap of 1.5 or greater
suggests an area of concern. A gap is defined as
the difference between importance and
satisfaction.
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This institution shows concern for students as
individuals.
Source Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction
Inventory, 1997 Note A Gap of 1.5 or greater
suggests an area of concern. A gap is defined as
the difference between importance and
satisfaction.
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Faculty care about me as an individual.
Source Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction
Inventory, 1997 Note A Gap of 1.5 or greater
suggests an area of concern. A gap is defined as
the difference between importance and
satisfaction.
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Campus staff are caring and helpful.
Source Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction
Inventory, 1997 Note A Gap of 1.5 or greater
suggests an area of concern. A gap is defined as
the difference between importance and
satisfaction.
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Campus is safe and secure for all students.
Source Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction
Inventory, 1997 Note A Gap of 1.5 or greater
suggests an area of concern. A gap is defined as
the difference between importance and
satisfaction.
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Summary

• UK students are less likely than students from
  other doctoral institutions to converse with
  students who are very different from themselves
  (NSSE)
• UK students perceive the university as not
  emphasizing the importance of contact with
  students from different economic, social, and
  racial or ethnic backgrounds (NSSE)
• Female and African American alumni perceive the
  social climate at UK as less supportive than the
  overall sample of alumni (UK Alumni Survey)

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Summary

• African American students are more likely to
  express concern with UKs commitment to racial
  harmony on campus (Noel-Levitz Inventory)
• African American freshmen are more likely to
  report working and conversing with whites than
  vice versa (New Freshman Survey)
• Both African Americans and women are less likely
  than the overall group of respondents to believe
  the campus is safe and secure.

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