Student Culture & Climate Survey 2024

• When analyzing responses to the general yes/no queson, Asian (8.6%) and Other BIPOC (9.1%) students were reported to be three mes more likely to experience discriminaon compared to white students (2.6%). Using the computed variable, 30.3% of Asian students and 33.6% of other BIPOC students reported experiencing discriminaon. • One in four (25.0%) Other BIPOC students indicated they had experienced racial or ethnic discriminaon, while another one in five (19.5%) reported discriminaon based on naonal origin. Other BIPOC students experienced an average of 4.02 different forms of discriminaon. Asian students were most likely to experience discriminaon based on naonal origin (17.2%) and racial or ethnic discriminaon (13.2%), with an average of 3.27 different forms of discriminaon. White students reported an average of 2.62 forms of discriminaon, with the most prevalent types being based on polical orientaon (11.4%) and sex (10.3%). • LGBTQIA2S+ students reported experiencing discriminaon more than twice as oen as those idenfying as straight, at 10.3% compared to 4.2%. This percentage rises to 35.0% when using the computed variable. The most common forms of discriminaon reported by LGBTQIA2S+ students were based on naonal origin (14.0%) and racial or ethnic discriminaon (13.9%). On average, LGBTQIA2S+ students experienced 3.46 different forms of discriminaon. • Overall, undergraduate and graduate students reported similar percentages when asked about experiences of discriminaon in the past year, with undergraduates at 5.0% and graduates at 6.0%. However, these percentages increased to 33.4% for undergraduates and 19.7% for graduate students when using the computed variable. • Seniors reported experiencing, on average, 3.23 different forms of discriminaon, with the most common types being based on sex, naonal origin, and polical orientaon. Freshmen had the highest percentage across all class levels for experiencing age discriminaon, reported at 11.6%. Students who reported experiencing religious discriminaon (7.6% of all students) were asked whether they believed these events were related to their specific religion. Of those who experienced some form of religious discriminaon, 46.6% believed these events were related to their religion. When asked to idenfy which religion 32.1% indicated Islam, 7.1% cited Judaism, and 60.7% idenfied Chrisanity.

Table 8.2. Type and Frequency of Bias/Discriminatory Events Experienced by Gender Identy, Race-Ethnicity, and Sexual Identy

Gender Identity

Race-Ethnicity

Sexual Identity

Over the past 12 months, how often, if at all, have you experienced incidences of bias/discrimination at the Broad College because of your:

Woman (525)

Man (431)

White (565)

BIPOC (122)

Asian (244)

Straight (784)

LBGTQ2S+ (117)