| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.69 |
| Liaison | Alan Turnquist |
| Submission Date | July 24, 2023 |
Michigan Technological University
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Alan
Turnquist Director of Sustainability and Resilience Office of the President |
Does the institution have an ongoing program that offers incentives for academic staff in multiple disciplines or departments to develop new sustainability courses and/or incorporate sustainability into existing courses? :
A brief description of the incentive program(s):
Since 2021, the Tech Forward Initiative on Sustainability and Resilience has offered a Curriculum Innovation Award that provides funding and logistical support to create new coursework or retool existing coursework to develop sustainability-focused curriculum.
Link to the most recent call for applications: https://www.mtu.edu/ttoday/?issue=20230309#applications-sought-sustainability-and-resilience-education-innovations
A brief description of the incentives that academic staff who participate in the program(s) receive:
The Curriculum Innovation Award awarded $24k across 5 awards that resulted the development of 4 new courses and one completely retooled course in 2022. 3 of those courses have been offered at the time of this STARS submission (June 2023), and the other 2 are scheduled for the upcoming academic year.
The program continues in 2023, with an expanded budget and reach, netting 7 awards for a total of $34k that will result in 7 new or retooled courses for the 2023-24 academic year.
Website URL where information about the incentives for developing sustainability course content is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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