Survey and Indicators

The Culturally Engaging Campus Environments (CECE) Survey measures the extent to which campus environments are culturally engaging (i.e., the extent to which they respond to and reflect the needs of students from diverse backgrounds). There are nine elements that characterize culturally engaging campus environments and comprise the primary constructs that are measured by the CECE survey. These CECE indicators can be used as benchmarks for postsecondary institutions to assess the extent to which culturally engaging campus environments exist on their respective campuses, to identify where these environments can be improved, and to develop

Cultural Relevance

Five indicators focus on the ways that campus environments are relevant to the cultural backgrounds and communities of diverse college students:
  1. Cultural Familiarity: Campus spaces for undergraduates to connect with faculty, staff, and peers who understand their cultural backgrounds, identities, and experiences.
  2. Culturally Relevant Knowledge: Opportunities for students to learn about their own cultural communities via culturally relevant curricular and co-curricular opportunities.
  3. Cultural Community Service: Opportunities for students to give back to and positively transform their home communities. Meaningful Cross-Cultural Engagement: Programs and practices that facilitate educationally meaningful cross-cultural interactions among their students that focus on solving real social and political problems.
  4. Culturally Validating Environments: Campus cultures that validate the cultural backgrounds, knowledge, and identities of diverse students.

Cultural Relevance

The Culturally Engaging Campus Environments (CECE) Project is an initiative aimed at transforming campus environments to create the conditions for diverse college student populations to thrive. The CECE Project's design, goals, and activities are founded on four pillars:

  • Vision

    The CECE Project is designed to cultivate a shared vision regarding what campuses must look like to be characterized by inclusive excellence and provide all students with optimal opportunities to thrive in college.

  • Inquiry

    The CECE Project is designed to stimulate educational research and campus assessment practices that advance knowledge about institutional environments in postsecondary education.

  • Tranformation

    The CECE Project is aimed at generating data and evidence that can inform efforts to transform institutions of higher education (including policies, programs, practices, pedagogy, curricula, and activities) to maximize success among diverse populations.

  • Equity

    The CECE Project is focused on advancing an equity agenda through promoting the development of campus environments that engage the cultural backgrounds and identities of all students.

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Pillars of the CECE Project

The Culturally Engaging Campus Environments (CECE) Project is an initiative aimed at transforming campus environments to create the conditions for diverse college student populations to thrive. The CECE Project's design, goals, and activities are founded on four pillars:

  • Vision

    The CECE Project is designed to cultivate a shared vision regarding what campuses must look like to be characterized by inclusive excellence and provide all students with optimal opportunities to thrive in college.

  • Inquiry

    The CECE Project is designed to stimulate educational research and campus assessment practices that advance knowledge about institutional environments in postsecondary education.

  • Tranformation

    The CECE Project is aimed at generating data and evidence that can inform efforts to transform institutions of higher education (including policies, programs, practices, pedagogy, curricula, and activities) to maximize success among diverse populations.

  • Equity

    The CECE Project is focused on advancing an equity agenda through promoting the development of campus environments that engage the cultural backgrounds and identities of all students.

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