Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.59
Liaison Mari Acob-Nash
Submission Date Sept. 5, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.1

North Seattle College
PAE-2: Strategic Plan

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 6.00 / 6.00 Benjamin Silver
Assistant
Sustainability
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Year the strategic plan or equivalent was completed or adopted:
2,011

Does the institution's strategic plan or equivalent guiding document include the environmental dimensions of sustainability at a high level?:
Yes

A brief description of how the strategic plan or amendment addresses the environmental dimensions of sustainability:

The plan outlines the school's commitment to implementing the STARS assessment, throughout which, we will discover many aspects about how we can reduce our footprint and make North a more sustainable community:

"Building Community means that we

...work in ways that are environmentally, socially and fiscally sustainable."


Does the institution's strategic plan or equivalent guiding document include the social dimensions of sustainability at a high level?:
Yes

A brief description of how the strategic plan or amendment addresses the social dimensions of sustainability:

Sustainability of people, diversity, and the exchange of ideas across diverse communities has been at the forefront of NSCC's mission. As part of the strategic plan for 2011-2016:

"Objective 3:
To sustain and enhance an inclusive environment in which diverse students, employees, and community partners engage with the college, experience a sense of belonging, and derive mutual benefit."


Does the institution's strategic plan or equivalent guiding document include the economic dimensions of sustainability at a high level?:
Yes

A brief description of how the strategic plan or amendment addresses the economic dimensions of sustainability:

"Building Community means that we

...work in ways that are environmentally, socially and fiscally sustainable."

While brief, this outlines and highlights the triple bottom line approach to sustainability that this part of the assessment is clearly based on. We have sustainability of people and ideas, sustainability of the environment, and a responsibility to be fiscally sustainable so that this institution can continue to be the incubator for sustainable ideas for the region.


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