Key Metrics

Categories of Metrics for Continued Tracking

The following metrics are being tracked across the five-year plan, and many are included in DEI Metrics Reports that are delivered to all schools, colleges and units on a yearly basis to aid the assessment of progress over time. 

Progress on Plan Action Steps and Initiatives

• Activities related to implementing DEI initiatives, participation rates and action-specific outcomes (learning outcomes from training, etc.)

Demographic Diversity of:

• Undergraduate students—Demographic composition (e.g., race/ethnicity, sex), enrollment status (class level, entry status), 4- and 6-year graduation rates
• Graduate students—Demographic composition (e.g., race/ ethnicity, sex), degree level (masters, doctoral, professional) 
• Faculty—Demographic composition (e.g., race/ethnicity, sex), tenure status or job family
• Staff—Demographic composition (e.g., race/ ethnicity, sex), generation status (age cohort) 

Climate Indicators: 

• Student, faculty and staff 12-month satisfaction with the overall campus or school/college or unit climate/ environment, depending on constituency 
• Student, faculty and staff assessment of aspects of the general climate and DEI climate of overall campus or school/college or unit, depending on constituency 
• Student, faculty and staff assessment of institutional commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion 
• Student, faculty and staff feelings of sense of affirmation and academic or professional growth, depending on constituency 
• Student, faculty and staff feelings of discrimination in the prior 12 months