ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the appropriateness of various assessment methods for different campus types as well as outlines the diversity strategic planning process. Public institutions may be more hesitant to address religious diversity in an effort to maintain the separation of church and state in public higher education. Before the religious diversity strategic planning phase begins, administrators must establish a strong need for a religious diversity plan. A positive campus religious climate is characterized by the inclusion of religious minorities in the campus community; curriculum and programming that acknowledges the experiences and challenges experienced by religious minorities; and a commitment to religious diversity in the institution's mission. Though race and religion are connected as objects of discrimination and bias, a campus can have a racially inclusive climate that is not religiously inclusive. Multicultural affairs and centers for students of color are fairly common on today's college campuses.
