2022 Graduate School Climate Survey
The triannual Graduate Student Climate Survey ran March 15-April 5
The Graduate Student Climate Survey has been conducted every three years since 2013. The graduate school is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community. To understand our progress toward this goal, we seek feedback directly from students on their perceptions of campus and departmental climate.
We've compiled questions we have been asked about our climate surveys, along with our answers, and have listed them below.
For additional information or if you have questions you do not see below, please contact Kacy Lawrence, Director of Assessment and Strategic Data Initiatives, Graduate School.
This is the third iteration of the graduate school’s student climate survey covering topics such as: campus climate, department climate, support, advising, mentorship, and inclusion and diversity.
Virginia Tech is committed to creating and supporting a climate that fosters inclusion and diversity, and where all students can be productive and engaged members of our campus communities. This survey helps Virginia Tech's leaders to receive valuable input from students about their campus climate.
All currently enrolled graduate students across all campuses will receive an invitation to participate in the survey via their vt.edu email.
All students will receive an invitation to participate in their VT email (vt.edu) on March 15. The survey will run through April 5.
The climate survey provides an opportunity for students to share their thoughts and comments about their experiences and to provide information on the specific things that are going well and those that need to change to make graduate education at Virginia Tech better.
There is an opportunity to enter a raffle to win a prize for completing this survey. If participants want to enter the raffle, they will be taken to a separate survey to provide contact information that is in no way associated with the information in the climate survey.
The survey is confidential, but anonymity cannot be guaranteed. Responses will only be shared outside of the graduate school in aggregated form and for categories with 10 or more responses. Examples from prior surveys can be seen here. Your email address is used for distribution purposes only and will be removed from all data when the survey closes.
This survey is administered through the Qualtrics Survey Platform, which is compatible with screen reader software. If anyone needs to, or would prefer to, complete a paper and pencil (printed) version of this survey, please contact klawr5@vt.edu to arrange a private location and time to complete it.