The following resources are recommended by the Evaluation
Resource Team for those interested in evaluating various aspects
of campus diversity initiatives.
Campus Diversity Initiative
Evaluation Project Resource Kit
The Resource Kit is designed to help campuses create evaluation
plans to measure outcomes related to their campus diversity
initiatives. The guide is divided into sections, with the
first section outlining an Institutional Framework for Monitoring
Progress. The next section describes tools designed to measure
eight major dimensions related to campus diversity (e.g.,
campus climate, curriculum, and faculty perceptions), with
tools listed alphabetically by source within each dimension.
The third section describes additional tools, reports, and
frameworks that do not specifically fit into these dimensions.
The fourth section contains a list of selected websites
related to diversity and evaluation, and the final section
contains a bibliography of references related to these areas.
Resource Kit in PDF
form (1,324 KB)
What Are the Data Telling Us?
José Moreno, Research Analyst, CDI Evaluation Project and
Mari Luna de la Rosa, Research Associate, CDI Evaluation
Project. This presentation was featured at the Irvine
Campus Diversity Initiative (CDI) Evaluation Seminar, June
8, 2004. It highlights data trends emerging from CDI Evaluation
institutions.
Presentation PowerPoint
Slides (681 KB)
The Relationship Between Evaluation and Sustainability in the CDI Context
Martha Campbell, Vice President for Programs, James Irvine Foundation. At the Irvine CDI Evaluation Seminar in June 2004, Campbell provided brief remarks about the role of evaluation in promoting the sustainability of the Campus Diversity Initiative work.
Campbell's Remarks in PDF form (22 KB)
Campus Guidelines for Creating an Evaluation Plan
This resource was designed to assist the Irvine CDI institutions in developing their evaluation plans. These guidelines suggest a possible evaluation framework that is intended to facilitate deeper understanding of an institution's context and a more feasible and effective evaluation plan. For more information on the foundation's approach to evaluation visit www.irvine.org/publications/by_topic/evaluation.shtml.
Campus Guidelines for
Creating an Evaluation Plan in PDF form (91 KB)
CDI Data Submission Workbook
This Data Submission Workbook is designed to streamline the collection of data that campuses are expected to submit to the foundation. The goal is to provide a clear, simple, and efficient means of reporting the required data, and in a form that is user-friendly to the campuses. Other institutions might find the Workbook useful because it suggests ways to collect and format data that focuses campus officials' attention on the progress made toward your diversity goals over time.
CDI Data Submission Workbook in PDF form (86 KB)
Curriculum Template
The curriculum template was design to help Irvine CDI Campuses think through ways to develop an evaluation plan that assesses the impact of diversity in the curriculum. Four guiding themes are central to the template. They are: Faculty Engagement, Curriculum Availability (Diversity), Learning, and Course Experiences.
Curriculum Template in PDF form (9 KB)
Institutional Indicators
Institutional Indicators is based on Daryl Smith's four-dimensional model of institutionalizing diversity initiatives. The four dimensions are: access/success, climate, education/scholarship, and institutional viability and vitality. For more information on Smith's model, see AAC&U diversity publications: A Diversity Research Agenda, To Form a More Perfect Union, and Diversity Works: The Emerging Picture of How Students Benefit.
Institutional Indicators in PDF form (10 KB)
Creating a Culture of Inquiry
Using the results of a project involving non-profit organizations, Georgian Hernández and Mary G. Visher describe ways to measure, assess, and enhance organizational performance. In addition to campus diversity practitioners, faculty, and administrators, this resource would be useful to funders, evaluators, consultants, researchers, and others interested in organizational development and capacity-building.
Creating a Culture of Inquiry in PDF form (237 KB)
Western Association of Schools and Colleges' (WASC) Handbook of Accreditation (2001)
During the third annual Irvine CDI Evaluation Seminar, sessions were offered to make explicit the connections between evaluating diversity and WASC accreditation. Part of the purpose was to provide a framework for sustaining evaluation beyond the life of the Irvine CDI grant by discussing ways in which diversity initiatives (like these Irvine-sponsored projects) can align with WASC accreditation requirements. Although the entire handbook is relevant to those evaluating diversity initiatives, Standard 2 (pp.20-24), Standard 4 (pp. 29-31) and its statement on diversity (pp. 71-76) are particularly relevant.
WASC Handbook of Accreditation in PDF form (533 KB)
American Sociological Association's The Importance of Collecting Data and Doing Social Science Research on Race
Issued by the ASA Council, this statement highlights significant research findings on the role and consequences of race relations in social institutions such as schools, labor markets, neighborhoods, and health care scholarship that would not have been possible without data on racial categories. For more information, visit the ASA Web site.
Nuts and Bolts of Evaluation: How to Use the CDI Process to Advance Institutional Learning about Diversity
Daryl G. Smith, Professor of Education/Psychology, Claremont Graduate University and Co-Director, CDI Evaluation Project and José Moreno, Assistant Professor, Claremont Graduate University and Research Analyst, CDI Evaluation Project.
This presentation was featured at the Irvine Campus Diversity Initiative (CDI) Evaluation Seminar, June 16, 2003. It provides an overview of the essential elements of evaluating campus diversity initiatives and how to make the process useful to campuses.
Presentation PowerPoint Slides (325 KB)
Update on New Directions: Planning, Evaluation, and Organizational Learning at The James Irvine Foundation
Martha Campbell, Vice President for Programs, James Irvine Foundation. At the Irvine CDI Evaluation Seminar in June 2003, Campbell spoke to participants about the status of the foundation’s strategic planning, approach to evaluation, and the connection between evaluation and the foundation's organizational learning goals.
Campbell's talking points in PDF form (33 KB)
DiversityWeb's Section on Research, Evaluation, and Impact
This section of DiversityWeb includes research and assessment
information related to the benefits of diversity, institutional evaluation, campus climate and evaluation tools, curriculum development, student learning outcomes, faculty and staff development, and campus/community connections. DiversityWeb offers
a compendium of recommended resources designed for campus
practitioners, from faculty, staff, and administrators to
student leaders and graduate students.
