CWC Survey
Campus Workplace Culture (CWC) Survey
The University of Colorado is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all members of our community feel respected, supported, and valued. In 2021, CU launched the Campus Workplace Climate Survey (CWC). The purpose of the Campus and Workplace Culture Survey is to gather information from CU students, staff, and faculty about their academic, workplace, and residential environments and allows CU and the campuses to have a more representative look at the extent to which protected classes feel respected, supported, and valued at CU.
The CU Board of Regents made a resolution in April 2022 that the CWC survey would be administered to all four campuses and system office every four years. The CWC survey was administered to faculty, staff, undergraduate, and graduate students for the first time in 2021. View the results of the UCCS 2021 survey. The survey is being conducted again during the 2025-2026 academic year.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The survey is open from October 22 - November 12, 2025.
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Yes, survey participants' privacy will be maintained. We are anonymizing the survey after the surveys close and incentives have been distributed. Enabling this setting will remove metadata like an email address and disconnect the response from the contact who provided it. In this way, we can know which contacts responded through the distribution history (so we can send reminders) but we cannot know which response belongs to which contact. The UCCS Director of IR will manage the email distribution lists and deliver unique survey URLs to individuals in order to message respondents and non-respondents appropriately. The surveys will be administered through Qualtrics. The data are encrypted in transit and at rest. For more information about Qualtrics' security, read their security statement.
The survey will take about 20-30 minutes to complete. Respondents may leave the survey and come back later to pick up where they left off by clicking the same link in their email invitation.
There are no open-ended questions in the survey. This is intentional in order to uphold the confidentiality and anonymity of the survey respondents. It also prevents comments from triggering investigations. (The surveys do not constitute reports about illegal behavior or misconduct. Various resources to report misconduct or to seek support are provided throughout the surveys and in the footer of the surveys.)
The surveys are compatible with assistive technology such as screen readers. The surveys will be accessible on smartphones but we recommend completing the survey on a computer. UCCS intends to provide a room on campus to allow students, faculty, or staff to complete the survey on a computer if they would like to do so.
Results from the Fall 2025 CWC Survey will be shared with campus during spring term 2026.
View the results of the UCCS 2021 CWC Survey.
In alignment with CU System, the 2025 CWC Survey at UCCS is being administered by the Office of Strategic Initiatives and Institutional Research (IR).
For questions regarding access to survey or results, contact IR at ir@uccs.edu
For general questions about the survey, contact belonging@uccs.edu
Results
Coming spring 2026.