About the Campus Climate Survey

In the fall of 2017, USF conducted a survey asking all students, faculty, and staff to share their perspectives on the campus climate — what it’s like to live, learn, and work at the university. The survey was anonymous, and conducted by the independent consulting firm of Rankin & Associates. In five weeks, 4,486 people completed the survey for an overall response rate of 34 percent. Of this number, 45 percent were undergraduate students, 26 percent were graduate students, 15 percent were staff members, and 13 percent were faculty.

Timeline

2014	Office of the Provost begins preliminary discussions regarding campus climate survey
2015	Campus Climate Task Force established to oversee selection of survey instrument
2016	Rankin & Associates (R&A) chosen to implement survey tool
October 5, 2016	Campus Climate Working Group (CCWG) starts survey development with R&A
April 10, 2017	R&A holds 16 focus groups to inform survey tool
September 19 - October 27, 2017	Campus climate survey opens to all USF staff, students, faculty
April 23, 2018	Executive summary of campus climate report is made available to campus community via email and website
April 30 - May 1, 2018	Survey results are presented to campus community by R&A
May 1, 2018	Campus climate report and findings are made available to campus community via email and website
May 22, 2018	Last meeting of CCWG is held to compile recommendations
June 5, 2018	Recommendations are given to USF President Paul J. Fitzgerald, S.J. regarding Implementation Team process
June 20 - July 3, 2018	Staff reading group of campus climate survey report is held, creating a model for processing survey results
August 2018 - May 2019	ADEI provides updates to campus community regarding campus climate survey; campus discernment processes continue
October 2018	University Council on Diversity and Inclusion, University Council on Community Engagement, University Council for Jesuit Mission, and University Ministry provide Fr. Fitzgerald with 5-6 themes that emerge from group discernment around the survey results
November 28, 2018	Fr. Fitzgerald addresses joint councils, University Ministry, and Magis Project to summarize themes
January 22, 2019	Fr. Fitzgerald outlines four institutional priorities as informed by campus climate survey: A university community characterized by trust and transparency in decision-making and communications A university community free of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and hostile work environments A university community that excels in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion A university community that discerns all matters through the lens of our Jesuit mission and Catholic identity
April 22 - 26, 2019	Vice Provost Wardell-Ghirarduzzi provides campus climate survey updates to campus community