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Women’s commission announces child care survey results

In November 2012, a child care needs assessment survey was administered to Clemson university faculty, staff and graduate students by the Office for Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment.  The survey was a follow-up to a resolution supporting a campus child care center signed by the Women’s Commission, Black Faculty and Staff Commission, Faculty Senate, Staff Senate, Graduate Senate, and Office for Access and Equity.  This survey had an even greater response rate than a similar survey conducted in 2005 with 1133 people returning surveys, of whom 33 percent were male, 67 percent female, 32 percent faculty, 47 percent staff and 20 percent graduate students.

Results revealed that 30 percent of respondents had current child care needs with 21 percent indicating they will have needs in the future. Of those who responded, 86 percent believe that it is very important for Clemson to have a child care center and 85 percent believe that child care has a “considerable effect” on work productivity of the parent.  Open-ended responses indicated very strong support for a campus center and described how such a center would advance the university’s goals and achieve parity with peer institutions. Find out more information about this survey, including complete survey results here.