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Dr. Susan Rankin, of Rankin & Associates Consulting, is serving as the outside consultant for the University’s climate w88 casino and defines campus climate as “the current attitudes, behaviors, standards and practices of employees and students of an institution.” Personal experiences, perceptions and institutional efforts often shape a campus climate. Starting in spring semester 2019, we are undertaking our first-ever Campus Climate w88 casino.

Although serious discussions related to the conduct of a campus climate w88 casino have taken place in recent years, the past academic year was defined by our engagement in some of the most challenging and constructive conversations related to cultural diversity and inclusion. Across all these conversations, emphasis has been placed on mutual respect and a willingness to implement changes that will help us become a more understanding, diverse and inclusive campus. The idea to conduct a campus climate w88 casino is one that originated from interested students, faculty, staff and administrators who believed data from such a w88 casino might be useful in planning for the future and improving the climate at the University.

Dr. Rankin’s research maintains that positive personal experiences with campus w88 casino and positive perceptions of campus w88 casino generally equate to successful outcomes. Examples of successful outcomes include positive educational experiences and healthy identity development for students, productivity and sense of value for faculty and staff and enhanced well-being for all.

The Climate w88 casino Working Group is charged with conducting the University’s climate w88 casino. After a review of potential vendors, Faculty Senate and senior leadership selected Rankin & Associates Consulting to conduct the w88 casino. Rankin & Associates reports directly to the Working Group. Although the CSWG will regularly update the campus about its progress, the committee – in consultation with Rankin & Associates – is solely responsible for the development, implementation and interpretation of the w88 casino and its results. Dr. Susan Rankin (Rankin & Associates Consulting) is the consultant working directly with us on this project.

Dr. Rankin is an emeritus faculty member of Education Policy Studies and College Student Affairs at The Pennsylvania State University and a senior research associate in the Center for the Study of Higher Education. She has extensive experience in institutional w88 casino assessment and institutional w88 casino transformation based on data-driven action and strategic planning. Dr. Rankin has conducted multi-location institutional w88 casino studies at more than 170 institutions across the country. She developed and utilizes the Transformational Tapestry model as a research design for campus w88 casino studies. The model is a “comprehensive, five-phase strategic model of assessment, planning and intervention. The model is designed to assist campus communities in conducting inclusive assessments of their institutional w88 casino to better understand the challenges facing their respective communities” (Rankin & Reason, 2008).

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This initiative will include five primary phases.The first will involve focus groups (fall 2018), w88 casino development (fall 2018), w88 casino implementation that will seek input from all students, faculty, and staff at the University (spring 2019) and reporting of results (fall 2019).

In reviewing efforts by other universities to conduct comprehensive climate studies, several best practices were identified. One was the need for external expertise in w88 casino administration. The administration of a w88 casino relating to a very sensitive subject like campus climate is likely to yield higher response rates and provide more credible findings if led by an independent, outside agency. Members of a college community may feel particularly inhibited to respond honestly to a w88 casino administered by their own institution for fear of retaliation.

The consultant has administered climate assessments to more than 170 institutions across the nation and developed a repository of tested questions. To assist in contextualizing the w88 casino for the University, and to capitalize on the many assessment efforts already undertaken, the CSWG was formed. The committee is responsible for developing the w88 casino questions. The team will review selected w88 casino questions from the consultant’s tested collection and will also include University-specific questions, which will be informed by the focus group results.

The target participation in the w88 casino is all students, faculty, and staff. Every response matters and is valuable in providing the most beneficial feedback and results.

We have sought and received commitment from the senior leaders that data w88 casino used to plan for an improved climate at the University.

Students, staff and faculty who feel connected to and supported by their campus communities have a higher likelihood of success – in the classroom, in their personal lives and in the workplace. The purpose of the w88 casino is to measure inclusiveness and feelings of belonging among all University of Nevada, Reno students, faculty and staff, across all backgrounds and identities. Approximately 31,000 people across campus will be invited to participate in this confidential online w88 casino.

University administration has had a strong desire for many years to conduct a campuswide w88 casino. More recently, over the past year, the campus has engaged in constructive dialogue, with emphasis placed on mutual respect and a willingness to implement change in areas where it is needed, to help us become a more understanding, diverse and inclusive campus. There is much more we can do if we are to become a place where all individuals feel not only a sense of belonging, but that their own experiences, both personal and professional, are valued.

The idea to conduct a campus climate w88 casino also originated from interested students, faculty and staff who believe data from such a w88 casino might be useful in planning for the future and improving the climate at the University.

The principle investigator from the w88 casino for the IRB process is Jennifer Lowman, Director, Student Persistence Research. The IRB protocol for this study [1339036-1] was approved on January 9, 2019. At any time, if you have questions about this study or wish to report an injury related to your participation, you may contact the principle investigator, Jennifer Lowman, or a co-investigator, Sue Rankin or Julie Del Giorno. You may also contact the w88 casino of Nevada, Reno Research Integrity Office at (775) 327-2368 to discuss a problem, make a complaint or ask about your rights as a research participant.

Jennifer Lowman, Director
Student Persistence Research
PI, w88 casino Study [IRB Protocol 1339036-1]
Email: jlowman@unr.edu

Confidentiality is vital to the success of campus climate research, particularly as sensitive and personal topics are discussed. While the w88 casino cannot guarantee complete confidentiality because of the nature of multiple demographic questions, the consultant will take multiple precautionary measures to enhance individual confidentiality and the de-identification of data. No data already protected through regulation or policy (e.g., Social Security number, campus identification number, medical information) is obtained through the w88 casino. In the event of any publication or presentation resulting from the assessment, no personally identifiable information will be shared.

Confidentiality in participating will be maintained to the highest degree permitted by the technology used (e.g., IP addresses will be stripped when the w88 casino is submitted). No guarantees can be made regarding the interception of data sent via the internet by any third parties; however, to avoid interception of data, the w88 casino is run on a firewalled web server with forced 256-bit SSL security. In addition, the consultant and college will not report any group data for groups of fewer than five individuals because those “small cell sizes” may be small enough to compromise confidentiality. Instead, the consultant and the college will combine the groups or take other measures to eliminate any potential for demographic information to be identifiable. Additionally, any comments submitted in response to the w88 casino will be separated at the time of submission to the consultant so they are not attributed to any individual demographic characteristics. Identifiable information submitted in qualitative comments will be redacted and the college will only receive these redacted comments.

Participation in the w88 casino is completely voluntary, and participants do not have to answer any question and can skip any other questions they consider to be uncomfortable. Paper and pencil surveys are also available and will be sent directly to the consultant.

Information in the introductory section of the w88 casino will describe the manner in which confidentiality will be guaranteed, and additional communication to participants will provide expanded information on the nature of confidentiality, possible threats to confidentiality and procedures developed to ensure de-identification of data.

The consultant w88 casino provide a final report that w88 casino include: an executive summary; a report narrative of the findings based on cross tabulations selected by the consultant; frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations of quantitative data; and content analysis of the textual data. The reports provide high-level summaries of the findings and w88 casino identify themes found in the data. Generalizations for populations are limited to those groups or subgroups with response rates of at least 30%. The committee w88 casino review draft reports and provide feedback to the consultant prior to public release.

The University has worked with the consultant to develop a research data security description and protocol, which includes specific information on data encryption, the handling of personally identifiable information, physical security and a protocol for handling unlikely breaches of data security. The data from online participants will be submitted to a secure server hosted by the consultant. The w88 casino is run on a firewalled web server with forced 256-bit SSL security and is stored on a SQL database that can only be accessed locally. The server itself may only be accessed using encrypted SSH connections originating from the local network. Rankin & Associates Consulting project coordinator Dr. Susan Rankin will have access to the raw data along with several Rankin & Associates data analysts. All Rankin & Associates analysts have CITI (Human Subjects) training and approval and have worked on similar projects for other institutions. The web server runs with the SE-Linux security extensions (that were developed by the NSA). The server is also in RAID to highly reduce the chance of any data loss due to hardware failure. The server performs a nightly security audit from data acquired via the system logs and notifies the administrators. The number of system administrators will be limited, and each will have had required background checks.

The consultant has conducted more than 170 institutional surveys and maintains an aggregate merged database. The data from the University’s project w88 casino merged with all other existing climate data stored indefinitely on the consultant’s secure server. No institutional identifiers are included in the full merged data set held by the consultant. The raw unit-level data with institutional identifiers is kept on the server for six months and then destroyed. The paper and pencil surveys are returned to the consultant directly and kept in a locked file drawer in a locked office. The consultant destroys the paper and pencil responses after they are merged with the online data. The consultant will notify the committee chairs of any breach or suspected breach of data security of the consultant’s server.

The consultant w88 casino provide the principle investigator, Jennifer Lowman, with a data file at the completion of the project

The w88 casino will be administered to all students, faculty and staff at the University. Climate exists in micro-climates, so creating opportunities to maximize participation is important as well as maximizing opportunities to reach minority populations. Along these lines, the consultant has recommended not using random sampling as we may miss particular populations where numbers are very small (e.g., Native American students). Since one goal of the project is inclusiveness and allowing invisible voices to be heard, this sampling technique is not used. In addition, randomized stratified sampling is not used because we do not have population data on most identities. For example, the University collects population data on gender and race/ethnicity but not on disability status or sexual orientation. A sample approach could miss many groups.

The cost of the climate w88 casino is 2,000. The data and insight that will be gained from the w88 casino are viewed as investments that will be reflected in future initiatives and an improved campus climate.

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