You​r voice matters!  Help strengthen our current initiatives for nontraditional by gender students, as made possible by a grant under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 administered by the NYS Education Department. Nontraditional by gender refers to programs in which 75% of the career is dominated by a particular gender.  i.e. Female engineers, male elementary educators.   Participation in this survey is anonymous, voluntary and confidential.  Participants are not required to answer any questions they are not comfortable in answering.  If you have any questions please contact Robin Petrus (petrusre@sunybroome.edu) . We appreciate your consideration in this matter.
PART I: DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

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* 1. Which category best describes your employment status?

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* 2. How do you identify yourself?

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* 3. Are you:

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* 4. Where were you born?

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* 5. What is your current religious preference?

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* 6. What is your sex or gender identity?

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* 7. What is your sexual orientation?

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* 8. Do you have a permanent disability?

PART II: PERCEPTIONS

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* 9. The student body is sufficiently diverse in terms of students pursuing nontraditional occupations for their gender.

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* 10. The faculty body is sufficiently diverse in terms of gender representation in nontraditional programs.

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* 11. Staff has sufficient gender representation.

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* 12. The region welcomes and appreciates students pursuing occupations that are nontraditional for their gender.

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* 13. In the past three years, have you requested to attend a training or development workshop on sexual harassment?

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* 14. In the past three years, have you requested to attend a training or development workshop designed to promote sensitivity toward diversity issues related to nontraditional students?

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* 15. In the past three years, have you been required to attend a training or development workshop on sexual harassment?

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* 16. In the past three years, have you been required to attend a training or development workshop designed to promote sensitivity toward diversity issues related to nontraditional students?

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* 17. Faculty feel most students are well-prepared academically and have high expectations from all students including students in nontraditional fields.

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* 18. Most faculty members are sensitive to the challenges facing students pursuing nontraditional occupations.

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* 19. Faculty members are interested in nontraditional students' personal and academic problems.

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* 20. Most faculty members are committed to the welfare of this institution.

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* 21. There is little interaction between nontraditional student groups and campus administrators.

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* 22. I believe that students in nontraditional fields face a lot of unconscious bias.

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* 23. In my unit, there is no fear of punishment when staff members speak their mind.

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* 24. My unit has good working relationships with other University units.

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* 25. Staff members are asked for their input and ideas when important decisions are made.

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* 26. Staff members in my unit are encouraged to work closely with one another.

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* 27. Staff members in my unit have the necessary resources to do their job.

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* 28. Nontraditional students are good for the institution and should be actively promoted by students, staff, faculty and administrators.

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* 29. My institution is placing too much emphasis on recruitment and retention of nontraditional students at the expense of other important issues.

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* 30. One problem with pursuing the goal of increasing the nontraditional recruitment and retention is the admission of too many under-prepared students.

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* 31. Which of the following is an obstacle to increasing nontraditional recruitment and retention in your area? Check all that applies:

How often have you experienced the following at this school?

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* 32. Heard insensitive or disparaging comments about nontraditional students by students

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* 33. Heard insensitive or disparaging comments about nontraditional students by faculty

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* 34. Heard insensitive or disparaging comments about nontraditional students by school Administrators

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* 35. What would improve the campus climate?

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* 36. Do you have any other views or issues that you'd like to share with us?

Thank you for your input !
This survey is adapted from UAlbany Climate Survey (2008). We would like to thank University at Albany and Dr. Tamra Minor for their support in this effort.

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