NWTC Equity Guide A guide to diversity, equity and inclusion at NWTC | Page 16

WHAT OUR
STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES
The climate of a campus is experienced differently from person to person.
Climate is about perception — how it feels to be in the community, not simply
what happens. In Spring 2016, NWTC created a cross-functional team to develop
its own Campus Climate Survey to ask students about their perceptions of
campus climate, academic and campus life as well as the extent to which they
have experienced or witnessed discrimination, harassment and sexual assault.
NWTC sent the survey to 8,423 students; 2,862 responses were eligible for analysis.
FIVE FACTORS OF STUDENT CLIMATE
5
4
3
4.3 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.0
Overall Campus
Respect & Support Learning
Environment Service
Environment Value of
Diversity Personal
Respect
2
1
0
2000 2000
1800 1800
1600
1400
1200
1,821
1000
(68.3%)
800
600
400
200
0
14
Staff members create an environment
that is inclusive and respectful.
AVERAGE = 4.6
9
94
735
(3.5%) (27.6%)
(0.3%) 6 (0.2%) Strongly
Disagree (1) Disagree (2) Neither (3) Agree (4)
The majority of my instructors create a learning
environment that is inclusive and respectful.
AVERAGE = 4.6
1600
1400
1200
(65.4%)
800
600
400
200
Strongly
Agree (5)
1,742
1000
0
11
106
728
(4.0%) (27.3%)
(0.4%) 10 (0.4%) Strongly
Disagree (1) Disagree (2) Neither (3) Agree (4)
Strongly
Agree (5)