AAC&U Survey on Diversity Requirements
Overview of Survey Data
August 2000
Total Number of Surveys Received: 543
Total Number of Respondents from Associates Degree Granting Institutions: 109
Total Number of Respondents from Bachelors Degree Granting Institutions: 155
Total Number of Respondents from Masters Level Institutions: 174
Total Number of Respondents from Doctoral and Research Universities: 90
Total Number of "Other" Respondents: 15
Of the survey respondents, 62% (340 total) either have a diversity requirement or are in the process of developing one.
Of the survey respondents, 54% (295 total) have a diversity requirement.
Of the survey respondents, 8% (45 total) are in the process of developing a requirement.
32% of those responding from AA institutions have requirements. 58% of those responding from BA institutions have requirements. 63% of those responding from MA institutions have requirements. 59% of those responding from Res or Doc institutions have requirements.
Of the survey respondents who have requirements, 20% are in the process of revising them.
30% of those with requirements have had them in place for less than 5 years. 45% of those with requirements have had them in place for 5 to 10 years. 25% of those with requirements have had them in place for more than 10 years.
Of those who have requirements, 12% exempt certain students from the requirement.
58% of those with requirements require only 1 course. 42% of those with requirements require 2 or more diversity courses.
Of those with requirements, 83% offer one or more courses addressing diversity in the U.S. 65% offer one ore more courses addressing diversity outside the U.S. 76% offer one or more non-Western cultures courses.
Of those who have requirements, 44% allow students to fulfill the requirement without addressing issues of diversity in the U.S.
Of those with requirements, 17% require a single course with a common syllabus.
Of those with requirements, 67% allow students to take a course among a list of different courses. 12% have a diversity requirement within one or more major.
37% of survey respondents are currently revising general education requirements including their diversity components.
10% of survey respondents are currently revising general education requirements, but are not reviewing or contemplating a diversity component.