Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 71.55
Liaison Kelsey Beal
Submission Date Jan. 18, 2024

STARS v2.2

Indiana University Bloomington
PA-6: Assessing Diversity and Equity

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Kelsey Beal
Sustainbility Analyst
Office of Sustainability
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Has the institution engaged in a structured assessment process during the previous three years to improve diversity, equity and inclusion on campus?:
Yes

A brief description of the assessment process and the framework, scorecard(s) and/or tool(s) used:
The IU Diversity Assessment, conducted from 2015 to 2017 by outside consultant Halualani and Associates, serves as a baseline measurement for Indiana University in diversity achievement and progress. The assessment included:
1) a thorough assessment of all diversity, inclusion, and inclusive excellence efforts and programs via diversity mappings across seven campuses;
2) a thorough assessment of retention-graduation/student success initiatives and efforts via retention-graduation mappings across seven campuses;
3) diversity benchmarking through the Atlas database which enables a comparative ranking of Indiana University across comparable peers/universities/systems in terms of specific diversity, inclusion, and inclusive excellence areas; and
4) an evaluation of the organizational capacity, effectiveness, and impact of the Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs.

Annually, IU’s Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs produces a report to document the state of diversity progress made on all IU campus. Reports for each campus evaluate:
• All diversity, inclusion, and inclusive excellence efforts and programs
• Retention, graduation, and student success initiatives
• The organizational capacity, effectiveness, and impact of OVPDEMA (Office of Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs)

Reports can be found at: https://diversity.iu.edu/about/data-reports-plans.html

Additionally, IU internally tracks yearly student, staff, and faculty diversity. Some of this data can be seen by clicking on the “diversity” tab on this page: https://uirr.iu.edu/

Does the assessment process address campus climate by engaging stakeholders to assess the attitudes, perceptions and behaviors of employees and students, including the experiences of underrepresented groups?:
Yes

Does the assessment process address student outcomes related to diversity, equity and success?:
Yes

Does the assessment process address employee outcomes related to diversity and equity?:
Yes

A brief description of the most recent assessment findings and how the results are used in shaping policy, programs, and initiatives:
Through the diversity mapping analysis, Halualani Associates concluded that IU Bloomington has made a vigorous and sustained commitment to diversity and inclusion in the last five years.

Other recommendations are for IU Bloomington to adopt a formal diversity strategy, to conduct campus climate surveys every two years, a continued emphasis on retention-graduation efforts for diverse groups, a targeted focus on diversifying faculty, and a university-wide alignment on diversity strategic goals.

https://diversity.iu.edu/doc/iu-bloomington-powerpoint.pdf

Are the results of the most recent structured diversity and equity assessment shared with the campus community?:
Yes

A brief description of how the assessment results are shared with the campus community:
The results are incorporated into the planning and reporting of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Results are also available online. https://diversity.iu.edu/about/diversity-assessment.html and at https://diversity.iu.edu/annual-report-2021-22/data/data-iub.html

INCLUSIVE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT TOOLKIT https://diversity.iu.edu/about/campus-environment-toolkit/index.html serves as a reference guide to information and resources to support university community members as they address situations, to offer strategies for action, and provide steps you can take to help build safe and inclusive campus communities.

Are the results (or a summary of the results) of the most recent structured diversity and equity assessment publicly posted?:
Yes

The diversity and equity assessment report or summary (upload):
Website URL where the diversity and equity assessment report or summary is publicly posted:

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Website URL where information about the institution’s diversity and equity assessment efforts is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://diversity.iu.edu/annual-report-2021-22/index.html

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