Cultural Audit of St. Cloud State University: HR Analysis and Critique To address the deficits highlighted the cultural audit, St. Cloud University has resolved to address issues of demographic isolation, namely the sense of students that they do not have a 'connection' to the university, and the persistent problems regarding minority tensions and institutional discrimination. Perhaps the most telling survey comment came from a student, criticizing the survey structure: "I think that this survey was bogus. I can't believe you wasted $50,000 on this thing. We already know that SCSU is a hub of institutional racism" as noted in the Qualitative Analysis Section of the report. Another telling detail was that some faculty, administration and staff felt there was a notable lack of African-American and Jewish faculty members on campus, and that some felt the presence of a 'glass ceiling" regarding promotions of women. Also, disability services were perceived as inadequate.

These perceptions are asterisked with the note "Received less than the majority of responses," but given that 81% of the faculty, administration,...

Interestingly the cultural audit's respondents were not segmented according to race or position in the university; the only categories of responses of the audit were demarcated as student vs. employee. For example, it is impossible to tell from the survey results if a majority of African-American students were dissatisfied with certain policies regarding inclusiveness and discrimination, or if this was endemic to all racial and ethnic groups. This is also true of the employees of the university; moreover, it is impossible to know if faculty or administrative staff is more dissatisfied with certain practices and attitudes. The fact that there is a significant difference between subgroups perceptions and the perceptions of the majority is exemplified in one note in the "Final Audit" that: "Survey results indicated that there is a significant perception of favoritism (i.e., preferential treatment) toward female…