86% Response Rate N=210
| How good a fit are you with Pitzer? | ||||||
10=High Score |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Mean = |
7.1 |
7.4 |
7.6 |
7.2 |
8.1 |
7.8 |
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| I am seriously thinking about transferring to another school. | ||||||
Strongly Agree + Agree |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
|
33.3% |
26.1% |
18% |
25.5% |
19% |
18.4% |
New items for 2007, focused on Social Responsibility and Intercultural Understanding
agree/strongly agree
|
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| I am able to speak sensitively about a culture other than my own. | 92% |
| It would be OK if my roommate or someone else close to me turned out to be gay or lesbian. | 92% |
| Before coming to Pitzer, I volunteered in two or more different community service projects or internships. | 89.5% |
| I find it easy to develop close friendships with people of another culture. | 87% |
| I seek out opportunities to interact with people from different cultures. | 85.5% |
| One of my college goals is to take courses that will help me develop a deeper sense of the ethical issues involved in socially responsible actions. | 81% |
| One of my college goals is to take courses that will help me become more knowledgeable about diverse cultures. | 77.5% |
| I have become more environmentally aware since coming to Pitzer. | 73% |
When I hear the word “diversity,” my first images are about race. |
72.5% |
| Since coming to Pitzer, I engage more frequently in activities that promote environmental protection or conservation (like recycling, composting, using less water, etc.) | 70% |
| I am registered to vote in political elections. | 62% |
Before coming to Pitzer, I participated in some political action (protest rally, writing to political leaders, etc.) to fight discrimination or to support equal rights. |
51% |
| I find it difficult to speak to other students about their behavior when I see them being destructive to residence hall property. | 29% |
| In general, I prefer being with people from my own cultural background. | 21.5% |
| I find it difficult to tolerate people whose political views are very different from my own. | 19% |
| I find it difficult to speak out in class when I hear someone make statements that I think are discriminatory. | 13.5% |
| Respecting different viewpoints is difficult here at Pitzer. | 11% |
Because of my socio-economic class background, I feel that I may not fit in well. |
9% |
| Because of my racial/ethnic background, I feel that I may not fit in well at Pitzer. | 3% |
| % Yes: Did this activity during the first semester: | 2007 |
| Joined another campus or 5-C organization | 66.7% |
| Volunteered in a community service project | 27.1 |
| Joined an environmental club or organization | 27.1 |
| Attend student senate or hall council meetings regularly | 13.8 |
| Joined one of the campus religious organizations | 11.9 |
| Became a student member of a faculty committee | 3.8 |