Federal Ethnicity

As the first part of a two-part question that appears on the student General Demographics page and the staff Edit Information page, students and staff members are asked to choose an ethnicity (Hispanic or Latino or not Hispanic or Latino).

Enable Or Disable the Ethnicity Decline to Specify Setting

Using the Ethnicity Decline to Specify setting, you can indicate whether or not you want to permit students and staff members to be able to decline to specify their ethnicity.

1. Navigate to the Federal Ethnicity and Race Settings page. 

2. Do one of the following:

   • Select the Ethnicity Decline to Specify Allow / Label checkbox to include an option to permit students and staff members to decline to specify their ethnicity and then enter the text that you want to appear next to the option. As an example, the text Decline to Specify Ethnicity appears the first time you navigate to this page.

   • Deselect the Ethnicity Decline to Specify Allow / Label checkbox to not include an option to permit students and staff members to decline to specify their ethnicity.

3. Click Submit.