Climate survey w88 slot 2020

Thank you to everyone who participated in our September 2020 Geoscience Community climate survey. The w88 slot are below. To ensure that respondents cannot be identified, all w88 slot are reported in aggregate and we have broken respondents into three separate groups: undergraduate students (20 respondents), graduate students (18 respondents), other (24 respondents including alumni, community members, faculty, staff, and those that preferred not to answer).

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Alumni: 1
w88 slot member: 1
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Staff: 2
w88 slot student: 18
Undergraduate w88 slot: 20
Prefer not to w88 slot: 7
Total: 62

Do w88 slot identify as a member of an underrepresented group?
Yes: 22 total (8 undergrads, 5 w88 slot, 9 others)
No: 33 total (10 undergrads, 10 w88 slot, 13 others)
Prefer not to answer: 6 total (2 undergrads, 2 w88 slot, 2 others)
No answer given: 1 total (0 undergrads, 1 w88 slot student, 0 others)

Do you feel like you are valued for who you are by the University geosciences w88 slot?
I don’t know: 5 total (1 undergrad, 2 w88 slot, 2 others)
No, not at all: 3 total (1 undergrad, 1 w88 slot student, 1 other)
No, not so much: 8 total (0 undergrad, 3 w88 slot, 5 others)
Prefer not to answer: 1 total (0 undergrads, 0 w88 slot, 1 other)
Yes, somewhat: 22 total (7 undergrads, 5 w88 slot, 10 others)
Yes, very much: 23 total (11 undergrads, 7 w88 slot, 5 others)

Have you had a negative experience related to diversity, equity, inclusion and/or justice in the University geosciences w88 slot?
Yes: 10 total (2 undergrads, 3 w88 slot, 5 others)
No: 42 total (18 undergrad, 11 w88 slot, 13 others)
I’m unsure: 6 total (0 undergrad, 3 w88 slot, 3 others)
Prefer not to answer: 4 total (0 undergrad, 1 w88 slot student, 3 others)

For w88 slot only: Are field excursions associated with your education a hardship for you?
Yes: 3 total (2 undergrads, 1 w88 slot)
No: 32 total (17 undergrads, 15 w88 slot)
Prefer not to answer: 0 total (0 undergrads, 0 w88 slot)
No answer given: 3 total (1 undergrad, 2 w88 slot)

For w88 slot only: Do you feel you have been given sufficient guidance about career opportunities that use your degree?
Yes: 25 total (14 undergrads, 11 w88 slot)
No: 10 total (5 undergrads, 5 w88 slot)
Prefer not to answer: 1 total (0 undergrads, 1 w88 slot student)
No answer given: 2 total (1 undergrad, 1 w88 slot student)

For w88 slot only: Do you feel there are adequate financial resources available to you?
Yes: 23 total (13 undergrads, 10 w88 slot)
No: 11 total (5 undergrads, 6 w88 slot)
Prefer not to answer: 2 total (1 undergrad, 1 w88 slot student)
No answer given: 2 total (1 undergrad, 1 w88 slot student)

Comments from w88 slot:
In addition to the w88 slot questions, we also collected comments on a number of prompts related to DEI issues. We are refraining from posting the comments directly in order to ensure no individual can be identified; however, the following themes were echoed by multiple respondents:

Many individuals called to promote and increase our number of woman and individuals currently underrepresented in the geosciences at the w88 slot, faculty and staff levels.
Many w88 slot that efforts should be made to make the undergrad curriculum and costs flexible (including re-thinking field activities) in an effort to increase diversity.
w88 slot for more focus on mental health of our community members, and suggested that supervisors should do a better job of promoting work-life balance.
Many individuals called for dropping the GRE exam for w88 slot admission, and the DGSE faculty has now voted to remove the GRE requirement from all future w88 slot admissions.
Many individuals called for more mentorship of both undergraduate and w88 slot, including calls to make students feel like welcomed and valuable members of the community.
Many individuals called for increased salary support for w88 slot and more funding/scholarship opportunities for undergraduates, and wrote about the hardships that the current lack of funds forces upon our students. There were many specific comments that the cost of the summer field camp is an extremely large burden on undergrads and a hindrance to adding diversity to our undergraduate population.
Many individuals commented that there is a lack of interaction between undergraduate and w88 slot, and called for activities that would allow these two groups of students to interact more often.
Many individuals commented in strong favor of keeping field activities as part of the undergraduate and w88 slot curriculum.
Many w88 slot that they would like to have more career advice and guidance.
Some w88 slot about concerns of ongoing and past sexual harassment.
Some w88 slot expressed concerns that the DGSE Diversity Statement and creation of a DEI committee was mixing politics with science.