Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 54.08
Liaison Jamey Pavey
Submission Date Feb. 26, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Earlham College
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Lisa Butch
Assistant Director of Sustainability
Center for Integrated Learning
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Does the institution have an ongoing incentives program or programs that meet the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

A brief description of the program(s), including positive outcomes during the previous three years:

The Sustainability Office SEED Grant program offers funding and professional development for faculty interested in building environmental content and curriculum into their courses or other work at the college. Teaching faculty may apply for funding to develop course content, interdisciplinary collaborations, and experiential education within their existing and/or new courses. Administrative faculty working on sustainability and environmental issues in the co-curriculum are also encouraged to apply and participate. The aim of the program is to "seed" engagement with sustainability and environmental issues across the curriculum and co-curriculum.


A brief description of the incentives that faculty members who participate in the program(s) receive:

SEED grant recipients receive funding that can go towards:
1. Professional Development
2. Interdisciplinary Collaboration
3. Experiential Education in the Classroom or Co-Curricular
4. Student-Faculty Collaborative Research
5. Student-Faculty Collaborative Travel


The website URL where information about the incentive program(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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