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At 11:19 AM 3/10/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Thanks it does.
>dick
>
>"Becky Geltz, Coordinator of Institutional Research" wrote:
>
> > Dick,
> >
> > I contacted our two offices that primarily report employee data, Human
> Resources and Equal Opportunity
> > Employment. Here's what I was told.
> >
> > After employees are hired we send them a post card requesting self
> identification of their race/ethnicity
> > information.
> >
> > According to our Coordinator of Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action,
> Steve Lucivjansky, the Affirmative
> > Action software our office uses does not allow for
> "unknown". Currently, all our employees fall under one
> > of the traditional categories. Steve has only been with us for four
> months, so he is unsure as to if any
> > "unknowns" had been submitted and how in the past they were
> handled. However, he said that if he received
> > any "unknowns", he would probably call the employee and request that
> he/she try to identify with one group
> > so that we can maintain complete records on employees for EO/AA purposes.
> >
> > Steve said that he feels most people in protected groups would want to
> complete the information so that the
> > group could receive the recognition it deserves.
> >
> > In regards to surveys, Steve said that he hasn't encountered any that
> had "unknown" on them.
> >
> > I hope this helps.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Becky Geltz
> > Coordinator of Institutional Research
> > Youngstown State University
> > One University Plaza - Tod Hall Room 224
> > Youngstown, OH 44555
> > (330) 742-3053 (phone)
> > (330) 742-7169 (fax)
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > "Richard W. Stratton" wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Colleagues,
> > > First I am please to announce that Dr. Thomas Gaylord has joined the
> > > University of Akron as Vice President for Information Technologies,
> > > Libraries, and Institutional Planning. Part of his responsibilities will
> > > be Institutional Research so I now report to him. He has long a varied
> > > experience in IR and I look forward to exciting times ahead.
> > > Now for my questions:
> > > 1) A recent change in our software system now allows the
> > > race/ethnicity of employees to be unknown. In the past we apparently
> > > assigned a race/ethnicity category to those who left it blank. A query
> > > of the HEI database indicates the number of employees reported with
> > > race/ethnicity as unknown varies greatly. Is there good reason to try to
> > > minimize the number of unknowns? If so how do you accomplish a high rate
> > > of self identifications? If you have a large number of unknowns, how o
> > > you treat them on surveys and reports that do not provide for an unknown
> > > category?
> > > 2) I am compiling a list of possible Key Performance Indicators for a
> > > new Decision Support project. Is there any widely accepted source for
> > > KPIs that I could consult to be sure I am not missing an obvious
> > > candidate? OH by the way I need this before my 4 pm meeting Friday. (I
> > > got the request yesterday)
> > >
> > > As always I appreciate the collegiality and friendliness of this
> > > organization and thank each of you for you help. Hope to see many of you
> > > on Monday at the Spring Conference.
> > >
> > > Dick
> > > --
> > >
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> > >
> > > Richard W. Stratton http://www.uakron.edu/ips
> > > Director
> > > Institutional Research Voice: (330) 972-7897
> > > The University of Akron FAX: (330) 972-5989
> > > Akron, OH 44325-4712 e-mail [log in to unmask]
Edward W. Holzapfel, Jr., Ph.D.
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