{"127361":{"#nid":"127361","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech to Conduct Institute Climate Assessment","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERather than be reactive when it comes to improving the climate and culture at Georgia Tech, the Office of the Vice President for Institute Diversity is taking steps to be proactive.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the months to come, the office will conduct an Institute climate assessment to learn about the experiences and perceptions of students, faculty and staff members when it comes to how inclusive and supportive the climate at Tech feels.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe assessment is one of the ways that we\u2019re addressing the goals of the strategic plan that are related to building a campus community that pursues excellence and embraces and leverages diversity in all of its forms at Tech,\u201d said Archie Ervin, Tech\u2019s vice president for Institute Diversity. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith input from the Strategic Plan Implementation Task Force on Institute Climate Assessment, the Office of Assessment will create a set of climate assessment surveys for all members of the campus community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe goal is to administer the surveys in the fall, Ervin added.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOne area the surveys may explore, for example, is how students, faculty and staff interact with and learn from peers whose backgrounds and experiences, such as gender and race, are different and\/or similar from theirs.\u201d Ervin said. \u201cThe information we gather will give us some baseline knowledge about the Tech community and climate that can be used to help develop a strategic action plan, which will guide our efforts over the next several years.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, email \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:aervin@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EErvin\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERather than be reactive when it comes to improving the climate \u003Cbr \/\u003Eand culture at Georgia Tech, the Office of the Vice President for Institute Diversity is taking steps to be proactive.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Rather than be reactive when it comes to improving the climate  and culture at Georgia Tech, the Office of the Vice President for Institute Diversity is taking steps to be proactive."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2012-04-30 10:22:53","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:09","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"127321":{"id":"127321","type":"image","title":"Archie Ervin","body":null,"created":"1449178604","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:36:44","changed":"1475894751","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:51","alt":"Archie Ervin","file":{"fid":"194544","name":"archie_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/archie_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/archie_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2611790,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/archie_0_0.jpg?itok=r9MW-jHm"}}},"media_ids":["127321"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.diversity.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Diversity Programs"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14051","name":"Archie Ervin"},{"id":"736","name":"diversity"},{"id":"32301","name":"Institute Climate Assessment"},{"id":"32291","name":"Office of the Vice President for Instiute Diversity"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:aervin@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EArchie Ervin\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of the Vice President for Institute Diversity\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}