Human Diversity Workshop

1. Human Diversity Workshop How to Assess Human Diversity Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

2. Presenters • Keenan Andrews, M.A. Assistant Dean, Institutional Research and Planning and Chair Human Diversity • Sammie Dortch, Ed.D. Chair, Department of Applied Sciences • Anita Kelley, M.B.A. Chair, Department of Business and Chair, Assessment Committee • Cecilia López, Ph.D. Vice President Academic Affairs Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

3. HLC/NCA Core Component 3a • “Assessment of student learning provides evidence at multiple levels: course, program and institutional.” • “Assessment of student learning includes multiple direct and indirect measures of student learning.” • “Faculty are involved in defining expected student learning outcomes and creating the strategies to determine whether those outcomes are achieved.” Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

4. Human Diversity Assessment Workshop • Define Human Diversity for your college • Develop student learning outcomes from your definition • Find/develop tool to assess Human Diversity • Administer measure • Analyze results • Develop next steps based on data received Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

5. HWC Mission Statement • Harold Washington College is a learning-centered urban institution of higher education that offers accessible and affordable opportunities for academic advancement, career development, and personal enrichment. The College is committed to upholding high institutional and academic standards and to understanding and improving student learning. To accomplish its mission, Harold Washington College: • Demonstrates institutional integrity • Provides liberal and career education • Gathers and uses assessment information to improve student learning • Employs new technologies to enable students to thrive in a global and technological world • Builds local and global partnerships to address the changing needs and interests of a community comprised of a variety of cultures and backgrounds • Promotes and supports diversity • Encourages responsible citizenship • Sustains an environment that promotes optimal learning for all students Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

6. HWC General Education Diversity Objectives • The Assessment process strives to evaluate the effectiveness of HWC’s General Education curriculum by ensuring that students develop the skill set, attitudes, and knowledge base necessary to accomplish their academic, career, and life goals. Student development, performance, and attainment will be demonstrated by the ability of students: • To understand cultures, institutions, and patterns of human behavior and the application of the scientific method (Social Science) to their study; • To understand and appreciate the arts, literature, history, and philosophical systems (Humanities) of major world cultures; • To understand and respect Human Diversity in regard to race, ethnicity, gender, and other issues (Student Engagement) pertinent to improving human relations. Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

7. Human Diversity Wikipedia® • “Human Diversity is the presence of a wide range of variation in the qualities or attributes under discussion. The term "Human Diversity" implicates a wide range of subject matter and connotations.” • “Cultural Diversity is the variety of of human societies or culture in a specific region, or in the world as a whole. (The term is also sometimes used to refer to multiculturalism within an organization.)” Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

8. Human Diversity Assessment Workshop • Define Human Diversity for your college • Develop student learning outcomes from your definition • Find/develop tool to assess Human Diversity • Administer measure • Analyze results • Develop next steps based on data received Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

9. Step 1 • Define Human Diversity for your college • Questions to consider • What are the elements of diversity you are trying to assess? • Why are you trying to assess this? • Why is it important to assess these elements of diversity? Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

10. Step 2 Student Learning Outcomes • Develop the student learning outcomes for the assessment of your Human Diversity definition • Higher Learning Commission/NCA Criteria for Accreditation • Core Component 1b – “In its mission documents, the organization recognizes the diversity of its learners, other constituencies, and the greater society it serves” • Core Component 3a – “The organization’s goals for student learning are clearly stated for each educational program, and make effective assessment possible” Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

11. Steps 1 & 2 Human Diversity Assessment Workshop • Define Human Diversity for your college • Develop 2-3 student learning outcomes based on your definition • Time given 15 minutes Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

12. Step 1 Human Diversity Workshop • Share your definition of Human Diversity Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

13. Experiences of Human DiversityInclude: ethnicity gender religion socio-economic status sexual orientation physical attributes disabilities age health language education political beliefs Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

14. HWC Definition: Human Diversity “Human Human Diversity describes variations within the full range of cognitive, behavioral and psycho-social practices through which human beings share life in common spaces. Experiences of Human Diversity include race, ethnicity, gender, religion, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, physical attributes and disabilities, age, health, language, education, political beliefs, and other differences in cultural expression and tradition.” (HWC Assessment Committee, Fall 2005). Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

15. Step 2 Student Learning Outcomes • Share your student learning outcomes Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

16. HWC: Human Diversity Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of a degree or educational experience, HWC students will be able to: 1. “Analyze and discuss contemporary multicultural, global, and international questions in a diverse setting. 2. Identify and respect that there are various ways of thinking, communicating, and interacting, for example, by working with culturally diverse groups towards a larger goal. 3. Evaluate diverse moral and intellectual perspectives, principles, systems, and structures. 4. Articulate the value of cross cultural campus and community activities and their impact on the lives of others.” Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

17. Human Diversity Assessment Workshop • Define Human Diversity for your college • Develop student learning outcomes from your definition • Find/develop tool to assess Human Diversity • Administer measure • Analyze results • Develop next steps based on data received Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

18. Step 3 Find/Develop Human Diversity Assessment Tool • Review • Your definition of Human Diversity • Your student learning outcomes • Two assessment tools • Determine • Type of measurement direct or indirect? • Which tool best fits your needs? • Or develop your own tool to assess Human Diversity? • Or develop hybrid using new and existing tool? • Provide • Rational for your decision • Time given 15 minutes Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

19. Human Diversity Assessment Tools • Mesa Community College • University of Michigan Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

20. HWC Process • Faculty reviewed and debated utility of two indirect measures: • Mesa Community College • University of Michigan • Developed hybrid measure: “HWC Human Diversity Survey” Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

21. HWC Human Diversity Assessment • Hybrid tool • Used excerpts from existing tools and added additional questions • Focus on Student Perception • How they feel about their environment • How they feel about their home and college experiences with diversity • How they feel they are treated • Their understanding of human diversity Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

22. Human Diversity Assessment Workshop • Define Human Diversity for your college • Develop student learning outcomes from your definition • Find/develop tool to assess Human Diversity • Administer measure • Analyze results • Develop next steps based on data received Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

23. Sample Tool • Two Sample Questions from HWC Human Diversity Survey • Answer these two sample questions as they pertain to your college • Answers will be evaluated for the entire group and given to your team for analysis • Time given 5 minutes Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

24. Step 4 Administer Measure • Logistics to consider • When to administer survey during college year? • When during semester? • Student population or sample? • Sample size? • Media? – pencil/paper, online, focus groups • Location? – classroom or computer labs • Volunteers or mandatory participation? • How to contact, educate and inform? • Faculty • Students • Time given 10 minutes Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

25. Step 5 Analyze Results • Two Sample Questions from HWC Human Diversity Survey • Analyze results • Teams answered two survey questions • Based on your team’s results, what will you do with these data? • Time given 10 minutes Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

26. Step 5 Share Results • Surprises • Issues to investigate • Areas of concern Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

27. HWC Process • Administration of the Survey Fall ‘05 • Faculty volunteered 38 sections • On-line: Survey Monkey Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

28. HWC Student Results- Question 10 Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

29. HWC Student Results- Question 11 Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

30. Human Diversity Assessment Workshop • Define Human Diversity for your college • Develop student learning outcomes from your definition • Find/develop tool to assess Human Diversity • Administer measure • Analyze results • Develop next steps based on data received Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

31. Step 6 Feedback Loop • What are the next steps? • Time 10 minutes Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

32. Step 6 Feed Back Loop • Share your decisions Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

33. So What Happened? • Human Diversity Task Force developed to address issues identified in HWC Human Diversity Survey • Human Diversity Task Force has become the Human Diversity Committee, • Spring 2007 Human Diversity Fair • Incorporate findings from the 2008-09 HLC/NCA Self-Study process into the Strategic Planning process. Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

34. HWC Diversity Credit Courses Fall 2007 • Anthropology 202 – Cultural Anthropology • Biology 109 - Human Genetics • Biology 113 - Women’s Biology • English Spencer Program – HIV • Humanities 143 - Latin American/Latino Studies • Humanities 145 - Diversity and Ethnic Studies • Humanities 212 – Non Western Humanities Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

35. HWC Diversity Credit Courses Fall 2007 • Mental Health 231 - Addictions Treatment of Special Populations • Philosophy 108 – Philosophy of Religion • Social Sciences 102 – Introduction to Gerontology • Sociology 207 - Sociology of Sex and Gender • Sociology 210 - Diverse Cultures/Global Age Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

36. HWC Diversity Credit Courses Fall 2007 • English as a Second Language Courses • Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Pronunciations, Social Science, Humanities • History • African, African American, European, Latin American, Modern Middle East • Literature Courses • African-American, Latin American, Women’s, Black Women, Gay & Lesbian • Language Courses • Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

37. HWC Diversity Non Credit Courses Fall 2007 • Language • English, French, Japanese, Sign, Spanish • Dancing • Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia, Bachata, Tango, Foxtrot, Rumba, Waltz, Swing, Belly, Stepping, Hip Hop • Art • Inclusion Classes for Students with Special Needs Harold Washington College Human Diversity Workshop

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