宾州大学公园. ——今天，2月. 3, 所有的学生, 教师 and 工作人员 members at every campus location will receive an email to take the 宾州州立大学社区调查. Penn Staters are asked to take 15 minutes to complete the confidential survey, which seeks to learn more about attitudes and experiences of community, 欧博体育官网的多样性和包容性.
Community members at every campus location, including World Campus, will receive an email from “(电子邮件保护)" with their own unique link to the survey.
“We are seeking input from every person at Penn State to help identify strengths and areas for growth, advance the University’s values and support a welcoming environment across every campus,索尼娅·德卢卡Fernández说, associate vice provost in the Office of 教育公平 and project co-chair. “我们需要听取学生的意见, 教师, 工作人员, and administrators from all campuses to capture a range of experiences, 意见和观点.”
Survey questions will touch on a range of topics, 包括归属感和社区, 跨越差异的参与, 机构的支持, 文化能力, 气候和校外环境.
“I will be taking the survey because I believe that even though I am just one student out of tens of thousands, my experiences here and my perspective of what it means to be a part of the Penn state community are important to share,海蒂·卡纳莱斯说, a member of the Penn State Latino Caucus executive board and a survey working group member. “I think it’s important for other students to participate in the survey because our experiences can help measure progress, 成为一个学习工具, and support Penn State’s commitment to 多样性 and 包容.”
Feedback from the survey — which will be open through Friday, Feb. 28 — will help the University identify areas of importance and opportunities to build on via action plans in support of the University’s 战略重点.
虽然学生, 教师 and 工作人员 are encour年龄d to take the mobile-friendly survey from anywhere, 任何时候, there will be survey-taking stations available at various campuses throughout the month.
奖
Survey takers will have a chance to win an Amazon or Starbucks gift card ranging from $10 to $50. 进入以获得胜利, survey takers will have the option to complete a separate online form at the end of the survey — every 100th person who submits this form will win. Prize registrations are not attached in any way to survey submissions and responses. Submitting a one-time registration for a prize is optional; duplicate entries will be discarded and 适用赠品规则.
保密
In order to protect privacy and allow members of the University community to be candid with their input, Penn State has contracted with the Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium (HEDS), 一个独立的非营利组织, 管理调查.
作为第三方, HEDS will administer the survey and provide Penn State with a data file of responses stripped of individual identifiers such as names, id或电子邮件地址. Only a limited number of Penn State 工作人员 dedicated to the study will have access to this data file for the purpose of producing summary reports. All reports will use only grouped or aggregated data.
The following considerations are in place to support the 答复的保密性:
- Emails, IDs and names are stripped from the responses by HEDS.
- A few Penn State researchers from the Office of Planning, 评估, and Institutional Research and the Office of 教育公平 will receive this stripped data. These Penn State researchers are bound by research ethics, 法律和联邦法规, and will not be sharing data with anyone outside the small research group.
- 大学领导(e).g., executives, deans, directors, man年龄rs) do not receive any data.
- Individuals are not required to respond to any item.
- Any names mentioned in the open-ended items are stripped by HEDS before the Penn State researchers receive the data.
- 人口统计资料(e).g., 种族, 年龄, gender identity) will be shared in aggregate only, only if germane to a particular report, and only if there are more than 20 participants on a question or in a particular group.
问题
For survey FAQs and to learn more, visit communitysurvey.事业单位.edu. 如果你有其他问题, reach out to project co-chairs Sonia DeLuca Fernández or Karen Vance at (电子邮件保护).
