[Students] Fwd: Campus Climate Survey Launches in December

[Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs]

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*Letter from the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, on behalf of the
University of California Office of the President (UCOP)*

*RE: Campus Climate Assessment*

Dear UC Riverside Students,

At the University of California, we are deeply committed to fostering a
learning environment where every student feels welcomed, respected, and
supported. We recognize that experiences of discrimination and
harassment—particularly those based on national or ethnic origin, shared
ancestry, and religion—can profoundly affect students’ well-being and
academic success.

In alignment with our values and in response to the UC’s Voluntary
Resolution Agreement with the U.S. Department of Education, Office for
Civil Rights, we are launching a comprehensive, systemwide *Campus Climate
Assessment Survey* for students. This important initiative is designed to
better understand student experiences and perceptions related to
discrimination and harassment, including those based on actual or perceived
national or ethnic origin, shared ancestry, and/or religion, including
shared Jewish, Palestinian, Muslim, and/or Arab ancestry, or association
with these identities. While the impetus of the survey is to understand the
experiences of students as described above, the survey will also
explore whether students feel accepted for other personal identities, such
as race and religion, as well as broader campus climate issues affecting
students’ sense of safety and belonging, including issues related to
cultural and political expression.

UC is partnering with NORC at the University of Chicago
<https://www.norc.org/>, a leading independent research organization, to
administer this confidential survey to undergraduate, graduate, and
professional students across all 10 UC campuses. The survey was developed
in collaboration with the UC Office of the President and campus
representatives.

**NORC will begin sending communications about the survey before
Thanksgiving, to ensure students are aware of the opportunity to
participate—especially those whose academic term ends early. The survey
itself will be distributed in early December and close at the end of
January, and will take students approximately 20–25 minutes to complete.

Your participation is vital. The insights gathered will help UC identify
needed support resources; strengthen anti-discrimination training,
policies, and procedures; and foster more inclusive campus environments.
Participation in this survey is confidential rather than anonymous. This
means that your survey responses can be linked to your name and other
demographic characteristics. Though your survey responses can be linked to
your name, this information will not be shared by NORC in any way or
reported (i.e., names, email addresses, or demographic and employment data
will be kept separate from survey responses). Only NORC research staff
monitoring survey participation and preparing the final dataset will have
access to linked survey responses. Once the survey closes, NORC will remove
participants’ names, email addresses, and IP addresses from the final
dataset used for all analyses. All survey responses will be securely stored
by NORC and accessible only to NORC research staff conducting data
analyses.



All findings from this survey will be reported in ways that ensure no
participant can be identified based on their demographic or employment
characteristics. This means that findings will either be reported in
aggregate (e.g., summarized findings for all respondents from specific
demographic groups or in specific roles) or suppressed (e.g., if particular
respondent groups are small, where someone could potentially be identified,
NORC will not report results for groups with fewer than 10 responses).
Additionally, at the end of the project, NORC will share a de-identified
data file (i.e., no respondent names, email or campus addresses, or IP
addresses).


We encourage you to take part in this important effort and make sure your
voice is heard. Together, we will build a stronger, more inclusive
University of California.


We know your time is valuable, and we appreciate your time and
participation.


Sincerely,

Brian Haynes, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
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