Leveraging Campus Climate Assessments for Equity 2030
MSUM Director of Diversity and Inclusion Jered Pigeon collaborated with Tarnjeet Kang, Minnesota State, and Trumanue Lindsey, Jr., Minneapolis College, on the recent Minnesota State Equity 2030 blog post, “Leveraging Campus Climate Assessments for Equity 2030.”
In the post, Jered provided an overview of MSUM’s Spring 2023 Campus Climate Survey (log in with your StarID and password) and shared some key findings.
- 17.7% survey completion rate among students
- 15.3% of respondents identified as domestic students of color
- Generally, students are satisfied with the campus climate at MSUM
- There is a need to increase students’ sense of belonging
- There’s room for improvement regarding student-to-student interactions
- Students want to see more visual diversity and their identities represented in the staff, programming, and curriculum
“As the landscape of higher education continues to shift, the ability to allocate resources and strategic actions to initiatives will require us to make data-informed decisions,” Jered said. “Further, as we begin to disaggregate the data and disseminate it across campus and to colleagues, we are collectively raising our knowledge and increasing our accuracy as we provide programs and services to students.”
We are proud of Jered’s leadership in helping to build a campus environment that centers data and the student voice to ensure we are meeting students’ unique needs.