As a lawful and responsible employer, Dartmouth College invites applicants and employees to voluntarily identify their sex, race and ethnicity, veteran status, and disability.
All educational institutions are required per federal regulations to collect and report race/ethnicity information of their faculty, staff, and students using a two-question format.
The first question is whether the respondent is Hispanic/Latino. The second question asks the respondent to select one or more races from the following federally defined races: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and White.
As of August 4, 2020, federal contractors are also required to update information collected within the Self Identification of Disability Form.
The Executive Office of the President of the United States, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs work with the the Interagency Committee for the Review of the Racial and Ethnic Standards to set the categories and descriptions that are to be used for maintaining, collecting, and reporting racial and ethnic data (https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-10-30/pdf/97-28653.pdf).
In addition to race/ethnicity, the College is required to report gender in the Affirmative Action Plan and veteran status in the Vets 100a report. As of 2014, the College is also required to collect data on individuals with disabilities in a yes/no survey format.
The Self-ID form used for the collection of data for institutional reporting currently asks employees to self-identify their gender on a binary scale. We recognize that may not accurately reflect the identities present in our community, and have other opportunities for you to further self-identify within our Employee Self-Service system. You can access employee self-service by going to Employee.dartmouth.edu, clicking on, EMPLOYEE SELF-SERVICE. Under Dartmouth Employee Self-Service, you will see an option for Gender Identity.
Dartmouth College is required to participate in the annual data collection known as IPEDS. IPEDS is the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. It is a system of interrelated surveys conducted annually by the U.S. Department's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
IPEDS gathers information from every college, university, and technical and vocational institution that participates in the federal student financial aid programs. The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, requires that institutions that participate in federal student aid programs report data on enrollments, program completions, graduation rates, faculty and staff, finances, institutional prices, and student financial aid.
Yes. Individual responses are kept confidential. When reporting, names are removed, and only totals in each category/job group are reported.
You should contact the Division of Institutional Diversity & Equity at Institutional.Diversity.&.Equity@Dartmouth.edu or 603-646-1606 with questions.