Many colleges will form a council whose members are primarily students and who are led by a professor or more senior figurehead who can help influence change within the collegiate bureaucracy. These councils can be formed with several goals in mind. Typically the foremost goal is to ensure that the campus climate is inclusive of diversity, especially as more foreign students travel to the United States for their education.
Another way that colleges improve the campus climate is by creating new and unique scholarships for students to compete for. These scholarships can help increase access to education for economically disadvantaged students. This is another way to embrace diversity on campus and improve the overall climate. Funding for such programs often comes from outside donations or from reallocated funds designated for other on-campus programs.
Administering surveys to students across campus to identify pain points and key areas for improvement is another effective tool used to improve the campus climate. These can be administered by the student government organization, and once the results of the survey have been compiled and analyzed, they can then be presented to the college's administrative board for approval.
Enhancing the campus climate can be done in many ways, but it's important that fundamental goals be set so that efforts to improve campus life are focused and targeted. Some examples of goals include "greater learning," "reducing irrational prejudices" and "increasing civic involvement." Some colleges with large student bodies have groups of students that can be easily mobilized to volunteer for a civic project or charitable organization. These activities can help foster kinship and bonds among students.