The Equity Advantage 2021-2022 | Page 24

WHAT OUR STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES ARE TELLING US

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 . NWTC will be administering the next Student Campus Climate Survey in Fall 2022 .
FIVE FACTORS OF STUDENT CLIMATE
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Factor Scale
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4.3 4.5 4.6
4.4 4.0
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Overall Campus Respect & Support
Learning Environment
Service Environment
Value of Diversity
Personal Respect
The majority of my instructors create a learning environment that is inclusive and respectful . AVERAGE = 4.6
Staff members create an environment that is inclusive and respectful . AVERAGE = 4.6
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Number of Responses
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9 ( 0.3 %)
Strongly Disagree ( 1 )
6 ( 0.2 %)
Disagree ( 2 )
94
( 3.5 %)
Neither ( 3 )
735
( 27.6 %)
Agree ( 4 )
1,821
( 68.3 %)
Strongly Agree ( 5 )
Number of Responses
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11 ( 0.4 %)
Strongly Disagree ( 1 )
10
( 0.4 %)
Disagree ( 2 )
106
( 4.0 %)
Neither ( 3 )
728
( 27.3 %)
Agree ( 4 )
1,742
( 65.4 %)
Strongly Agree ( 5 )
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