Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.56
Liaison David Blodgett
Submission Date March 13, 2015
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STARS v2.0

Babson College
EN-13: Community Stakeholder Engagement

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Mary Rose
Vice President, Campus & Community Affairs
President's Office
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Has the institution adopted a framework for community stakeholder engagement in governance, strategy and operations?:
Yes

A brief description of the policies and procedures that ensure community stakeholder engagement is applied systematically and regularly across the institution’s activities:

All projects and initiatives that will affect the broader Wellesley and Needham communities go through a process of outreach and engagement: mailings, town presentations, open sessions for community input, etc.


A brief description of how the institution identifies and engages community stakeholders, including any vulnerable or underrepresented groups:

Stakeholders are identified based on geographic proximity to the college, and as such, engagement is focused on the Towns of Wellesley and Needham.

Outreach for campus construction projects that will impact immediate neighbors is focused on residents that live adjacent to or around the campus.

+ Date Revised: May 15, 2015

List of identified community stakeholders:

Town of Wellesley (multiple committees/departments), Sustainable Wellesley, campus neighbors (such as Olin College, Wellesley Country Club, Town of Wellesley Refuse and Disposal Facility, North Hill Senior Living Community), Wellesley schools (multiple). etc

+ Date Revised: May 15, 2015

A brief description of successful community stakeholder engagement outcomes from the previous three years:
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The website URL where information about the institution’s community stakeholder engagement framework and activities is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Babson annually invites members of the Board of Selectmen (municipal government representatives) from neighboring communities to campus . Additionally, Babson engages with the surrounding community in preparation for and during major construction and renovation projects in light of the impacts such projects may have on the community.


Babson annually invites members of the Board of Selectmen (municipal government representatives) from neighboring communities to campus . Additionally, Babson engages with the surrounding community in preparation for and during major construction and renovation projects in light of the impacts such projects may have on the community.

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