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The focus of the environmental health, safety, and security (EHSS) workforce is on the protection of students, employees, and visitors, the importance of which cannot be overstated. The EHSS workforce handles and mitigates immediate hazard and safety risks, prevents potential risks, and promotes a safe and healthy campus environment. They also ensure institutions satisfy their requirements to report crime data, support victims of violence, and publicly outline the policies and procedures in place that uphold a safe campus. A particularly challenging aspect of their roles is that the EHSS workforce does not only mitigate hazards that originate within their own campus community, but also hazards that originate within the world at large, such as political unrest or the COVID-19 pandemic. This puts additional pressure on EHSS employees to remain particularly vigilant to risks on and off campus to perform their jobs effectively.  \nThere is a lack of research on the higher ed EHSS workforce. Most publications regarding campus health, safety, and security focus on student outcomes, and these publications are markedly sparse for higher education, specifically. This report offers insights on EHSS employees in higher ed using CUPA-HR’s higher education workforce survey data. 1 For these positions, this report examines staffing, pay and pay equity, representation, age, and years in position. Analyses for staffing, age, and years in position compare academic years 2019-20 and 2023-24 to determine differences from before the COVID-19 pandemic to after the COVID-19 pandemic. Analyses for representation and pay equity display data from 2016-17 to 2023-24.  \nThe findings in this report indicate that the number of employees in EHSS positions in a given institution, as well as their pay, depends on the institution’s size, as measured by the number of full-time equivalent students. Additional findings highlight the need to improve the representation of women, decrease pay gaps for people of color, and promote retention across the EHSS workforce. The data in this report should be used as a resource for higher ed leaders to improve or enhance their EHSS workforce.  \n1 CUPA-HR. (2024) Administrators, Professionals, and Staff in Higher Education Surveys, 2023-24 [Data set] .  \nEnvironmental Health, Safety, and Security Positions  \nEHSS employees were included in this report if they were reported in one of the 12 positions displayed in Table 1. In 2023-24, 16,875 EHSS employees were reported across 892 institutions in CUPA-HR’s higher ed workforce surveys.2 The positions in Table 1 are further organized by whether they are supervisory or not. Chief-level positions manage and direct programs and large units, such as environmental safety, police units, and security programs. Supervisor-level positions serve as the direct point of contact between employees and chief positions. Supervisors manage frontline workers and ensure that tasks are completed, productivity is maintained, and policies are enforced. The lead-level position reports to the supervisor and performs tasks such as training new employees, mentoring current employees, and supporting daily operations. Finally, all non-supervisor positions focus primarily on their own individual tasks and responsibilities. A few examples of these tasks are testing environmental conditions for hazards, detecting individuals who break the law, and coordinating functions of a health and safety program.3  \n2 Data on chief campus security administrators and chief environmental health and safety administrators are collected in the CUPA-HR Administrators in Higher Education Survey. Data on fire safety supervisors; police supervisors; fire safety professionals; and safety officers are","cbCaijjIf9DGg2Ih","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijjIf9DGg2Ih","pdf",503518,16,"English","# Introduction\n# Environmental Health, Safety, and Security Positions\n# Representation and Pay Equity","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the report’s focus on the EHSS workforce?\",\"answer\":\"The report focuses on the employees who keep higher education campuses safe and free of environmental hazards by handling immediate risks, preventing potential hazards, and maintaining compliance with reporting and policy requirements.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the report define and include EHSS positions?\",\"answer\":\"EHSS employees are included when they match one of the 12 positions listed in the report’s position table, further organized by supervisory versus non-supervisory roles.\"},{\"question\":\"What key workforce and equity findings does the report highlight?\",\"answer\":\"The report finds that the number of EHSS employees and their pay depend on institutional size. 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