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)
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>
> "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
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