Race/Ethnicity – BU Data Glossary Entry

The following three question format is the approved data collection text for race and ethnicity identifiers.  This is an expansion of the Federally-approved race and ethnicity, intended to provide respondents with the ability to better represent their personal identity.

1. Are you Hispanic or Latino? 

    Yes, please select from below: 

  • Argentinian 
  • Brazilian  
  • Colombian  
  • Cuban  
  • Dominican
  • Dominica Islander  
  • Guatemalan 
  • Honduran 
  • Latin American  
  • Mexican  
  • Panamanian 
  • Peruvian  
  • Puerto Rican  
  • Salvadoran 
  • Spaniard 
      • Other Central American 
      • Other South American 
      • Other Caribbean 
      • Other Hispanic 
      • Other Latinx 

           No 

       

      2. Please select one or more of the following Races 

       ο  American Indian or Alaska Native 

      • American Indian1
      • Alaska Native2

      ο  Asian 

      • Afghani 
      • Asian Indian 
      • Bangladeshi 
      • Bhutanese 
      • Burmese 
      • Cambodian 
      • Chinese 
      • Filipino 
      • Hmong 
      • Indonesian 
      • Japanese 
      • Korean 
      • Laotian 
      • Madagascar  
      • Malaysian 
      • Maldivian  
      • Nepalese  
      • Pakistani 
      • Singaporean  
      • Sri Lankan 
      • Taiwanese  
      • Thai 
      • Vietnamese 
              • Other Asia

                ο  Black or African American 

              • Aboriginal  
              • African American 
              • Afro-Caribbean 
              • Black 
              • Bahamian 
              • Barbadian 
              • Cape Verdean 
              • Dominican 
              • Dominica Islander  
              • Haitian 
              • Jamaican 
              • Kenyan 
              • Nigerian 
              • Somali 
              • Tobagoan/Trinidadian 
                  • Other Caribbean or West Indian 
                  • Other Black or African American 
                  • Other Indigenous People

                    ο  Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 

                  • Guamanian 
                  • Kiwi 
                  • Melanesian  
                  • Micronesian  
                  • Native Hawaiian 
                  • Polynesian 
                  • Samoan 
                  • Other Pacific Islander

                    ο  White 

                  • Arab  
                  • Middle Eastern or North African 
                  • Central American 
                  • South American  
                  • Other White3 (if it can be accomplished operationally, respondents choosing Other White may be asked to provide an additional level of detail) 

                  3. Would you like the University to communicate with you on topics that may be of interest to you based on your race or ethnicity? 

                   

                  NOTE: These classifications have been constructed to comply with Department of Education reporting requirements and may not provide all respondents with a choice that fully reflects their identity. Respondents may choose not to answer, but the Department does not allow a response choice of “prefer not to answer”.  

                   1 Providing that it can be accomplished operationally, respondents choosing American Indian will be asked to name their tribe from this (dropdown) list. 

                   2 Providing that it can be accomplished operationally, respondents choosing Alaska Native will be asked to name their tribe from this (dropdown) list.

                  3 Providing that it can be accomplished operationally, respondents choosing Other White may be asked to provide an additional level of detail.