Diversity and Inclusion Master Plan

2. Bias

Biases 20 were broken down into the following categories: overall bias (average of all bias scores), gender identity, age, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, veterans, learning disabilities and physical disabilities. The results of the Climate Survey indicated that overall level of perceived bias amongst faculty, staff and administrators is rather low (Table 25). Ninety one percent of respondents disagreed or did not have an opinion about the College being biased based on gender identity, 84% based on age, 87% based on race/ethnicity, 98% based on sexual orientation, 98% against veterans, 93% based on religion, 99% against those with physical disabilities, and 96% against those with learning disabilities.

Table 14. Faculty, Staff, and Administrators Observed Bias

Biases

Strongly Agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Neutral/No Opinion

Disagree/Neutral Total

Mean

Is the College …

biased based on gender identity.

3

2%

7

6%

40

32%

58

47%

16

12.8%

114

92%

3.42

biased based on age.

4

3%

16

13%

44

35%

52

42 %

8

6.4%

104

84%

3.27

biased based on race/ethnicity. biased based on sexual orientation. biased against veterans. biased based on religion. biased against those with physical disabilities. biased against those with learning disabilities.

5

4%

11

9%

47

38%

51

41%

11

8.7%

109

87%

3.3

0

0%

3

2%

44

36%

59

49 %

15

12.3%

118

98%

3.55

0

0%

2

2%

32

26%

63

51%

27

21.6%

122

98%

3.65

0

0%

9

7%

36

29%

62

50%

17

13.6%

115

93%

3.54

0

0%

1

1%

40

32%

67

54 %

16

12.8%

123

99%

3.63

2

2%

3

2%

39

31%

60

48 %

20

16%

119

96%

3.51

Overall Bias Score

3.39

Bias was further analyzed by gender, age, race, LGBTQ+, religion, and position:

Gender: Average scores for bias against Race/Ethnicity amongst females survey participants was higher than for males (M Female =3.15, M Male =3.5, F(1,110)=4.9, p<.05). That is, females perceive the College slightly being more biased against different racial/ethnic groups than males. There was no statistically significant difference in all other biases between males, females, and non-conforming.

20 Respondents answered questions on a 5 point scale – Strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree, and no opinion. Strongly disagree was rated the highest score, 4 points. An overall bias score was created by averaging all biases scores.

P age | 78