Georgia Institute of Technology

The First Climate Assessment Surveys: Defining the Baseline to Assess Institutional Progress in Future Years

In spring 2012, Provost Rafael L. Bras charged a Climate Assessment Task Force (CATF) to develop a survey to help define, measure, and assess Georgia Tech’s progress toward the goals in its strategic plan:

The CATF was comprised of Georgia Tech faculty, staff, and students and tasked with overseeing a survey development process to assess the present experiences, perceptions, and knowledge of our campus community members with respect to the following issue areas:

• A culture of collegiality;
• Close collaboration;
• Global perspective;
• Intercultural sensitivity and respect; and
• Thoughtful interaction among a community of scholars.

Through a consultative and iterative process with the CATF, Academic Effectiveness and Institute Diversity developed separate survey instruments for Georgia Tech faculty, staff, and students, which were approved by Institutional Review Board. The Climate Assessment Surveys were administered to campus community members in February 2013, and the report was released later that year.

2013 Climate Assessment Surveys Report

The Second Climate Assessment Surveys: Measuring Progress on Campus Inclusivity Four Years Later

Four years later, Academic Effectiveness and Institute Diversity administered climate surveys to faculty and staff to gauge Georgia Tech’s progress on building an inclusive, supportive, and welcoming environment for the campus community. The responses from the 2017 Faculty and Staff Climate Assessment Surveys provided longitudinal data that were analyzed and compared to the results from the Institute’s 2013 Climate Assessment Surveys.

Following the evaluation of the faculty and staff surveys over the past year, all undergraduate and graduate students are invited to participate in the 2018 Student Climate Assessment Survey this fall. Results from the students’ 2018 survey will be compared to the findings of the 2013 Student Climate Assessment Survey and released in 2019.

For questions about the Climate Assessment Surveys, email institutediversity@gatech.edu.

2017 Faculty and Staff Climate Assessment Surveys Full Report

2017 Faculty and Staff Climate Assessment Surveys Summary Report