| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 46.71 |
| Liaison | Matthew Harmin |
| Submission Date | May 14, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Goucher College
AC-9: Academic Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.27 / 12.00 |
Marc
Roy Provost Office of the Provost |
Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in research:
Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
The total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that conduct research:
A copy of the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Environmental Studies, Biology, and Economics
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
Inventory of faculty research and assessment of faculty annual reports.
A brief description of notable accomplishments during the previous three years by faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
Goucher has hired postdoctoral fellow and an additional tenure-track faculty member in environmental studies, both of whom conduct research with students. The college also ran three annual summer workshops for faculty members to integrate sustainability in their courses (across the curriculum). Students and faculty have presented their research internally, regionally, and in national conferences and in refereed journals. In addition, several Goucher grants have been submitted to NSF and other agencies, with one funded in the last two months.
The website URL where information about sustainability research is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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