Campus Inclusion Climate Survey: Faculty & Staff Feeling of Belonging on Campus
Employees who selected into certain social categories (e.g., self-identified as an employee of color or as having a disability) responded to questions about feelings of belongingness or comfort openly expressing their identities or viewpoints on campus. Below are their results, with averages provided based on separations between categories of employees (staff, faculty, and administrator).
Key Findings
- Overall, employees reported agreeing with having a sense of belonging on campus across the different groups, though neutral feelings were also common for most groups.
- Disagreement with openness was most pronounced with regard to political views/worldviews; 27.5% of employees disagreed or strongly disagreed that they feel comfortable openly expressing political beliefs.
- Compared to the other groups, staff had notable low agreement for belongingness based on disability status, but their average score was still above neutral.
- Agreement was higher for faculty than for administrators and staff for belonging based on race among BIPOC employees, belongingness based on disability and veteran status, and feeling comfortable openly expressing political views) but lower for openly expressing gender identity.
“As an employee of color, I feel like I belong on campus.”
(only respondents who identified as people of color answered this question)
| All Employees | |
|---|---|
| Strongly Disagree | 5 (7.9%) |
| Disagree | 7 (11.1%) |
| Neutral | 18 (28.6%) |
| Agree | 20 (31.7%) |
| Strongly Agree | 13 (20.6%) |
| Total | 63 |
Note: Strongly disagree = 1, Disagree = 2, Neutral = 3, Agree = 4, Strongly Agree = 5
Overall mean = 3.46
Administrators mean = 3.2
Faculty mean = 3.7
Staff mean = 3.29
“Based on my gender, I feel like I belong at Springfield College.”
(only respondents who identified as women answered this question)
| All Employees | |
|---|---|
| Strongly Disagree | 2 (0.8%) |
| Disagree | 3 (1.3%) |
| Neutral | 17 (7.1%) |
| Agree | 110 (46.0%) |
| Strongly Agree | 107 (44.8%) |
| Total | 239 |
Note: Strongly disagree = 1, Disagree = 2, Neutral = 3, Agree = 4, Strongly Agree = 5
Overall mean = 4.33
Administrators mean = 4.47
Faculty mean = 4.26
Staff mean = 4.34
“I can openly express my sexual orientation on campus.”
(only respondents who identified as LBGQA+ answered this question)
| All Employees | |
|---|---|
| Strongly Disagree | 2 (4.5%) |
| Disagree | 6 (13.6%) |
| Neutral | 9 (20.5%) |
| Agree | 19 (43.2%) |
| Strongly Agree | 8 (18.2%) |
| Total | 44 |
Note: Strongly disagree = 1, Disagree = 2, Neutral = 3, Agree = 4, Strongly Agree = 5
Overall mean = 3.57
Administrators mean = 4.17
Faculty mean = 3.44
Staff mean = 3.55
“I can openly express my gender identity on campus.”
(only respondents who identified as trans, genderqueer, non-binary, intersex answered this question)
| All Employees | |
|---|---|
| Strongly Disagree | 0 (0.0%) |
| Disagree | 6 (14.6%) |
| Neutral | 4 (9.8%) |
| Agree | 12 (29.3%) |
| Strongly Agree | 19 (46.3%) |
| Total | 41 |
Note: Strongly disagree = 1, Disagree = 2, Neutral = 3, Agree = 4, Strongly Agree = 5
Overall mean = 4.07
Administrators mean = 4.8
Faculty mean = 3.88
Staff mean = 4.2
“As an employee with a disability, I feel like I belong on campus.”
(only respondents who identified as having a disability answered this question)
| All Employees | |
|---|---|
| Strongly Disagree | 1 (5.0%) |
| Disagree | 0 (0.0%) |
| Neutral | 8 (40.0%) |
| Agree | 7 (35.0%) |
| Strongly Agree | 4 (20.0%) |
| Total | 20 |
Note: Strongly disagree = 1, Disagree = 2, Neutral = 3, Agree = 4, Strongly Agree = 5
Overall mean = 3.65
Administrators mean = 4.0
Faculty mean = 4.14
Staff mean = 3.27
“As a service member or veteran, I feel like I belong on campus.”
(only respondents who identified as veterans answered this question)
| All Employees | |
|---|---|
| Strongly Disagree | 1 (6.7%) |
| Disagree | 1 (6.7%) |
| Neutral | 5 (33.3%) |
| Agree | 3 (20.0%) |
| Strongly Agree | 5 (33.3%) |
| Total | 15 |
Note: Strongly disagree = 1, Disagree = 2, Neutral = 3, Agree = 4, Strongly Agree = 5
Overall mean = 3.67
Faculty mean = 3.83
Staff mean = 3.63
Administrators mean not included due to low response (n = 1).
“I feel comfortable openly expressing my religious/spiritual beliefs on campus.”
| All Employees | |
|---|---|
| Strongly Disagree | 15 (4.1%) |
| Disagree | 51 (14.1%) |
| Neutral | 123 (34.0%) |
| Agree | 125 (34.5%) |
| Strongly Agree | 48 (13.3%) |
| Total | 362 |
Note: Strongly disagree = 1, Disagree = 2, Neutral = 3, Agree = 4, Strongly Agree = 5
Overall mean = 3.39
Administrators mean = 3.5
Faculty mean = 3.42
Staff mean = 3.32
“I feel comfortable openly expressing my political views/worldviews on campus.”
| All Employees | |
|---|---|
| Strongly Disagree | 34 (8.8%) |
| Disagree | 72 (18.7%) |
| Neutral | 138 (35.8%) |
| Agree | 109 (28.3%) |
| Strongly Agree | 32 (8.3%) |
| Total | 385 |
Note: Strongly disagree = 1, Disagree = 2, Neutral = 3, Agree = 4, Strongly Agree = 5
Overall mean = 3.09
Administrators mean = 2.96
Faculty mean = 3.23
Staff mean = 2.97
Note that International Status belonging was not included due to the small number of responses (N = 8).
