Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.45
Liaison Alan Brew
Submission Date July 30, 2011
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STARS v1.0

Northland College
ER-14: Incentives for Developing Sustainability Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00
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Does the institution have a program that meets the criteria outlined above?:
Yes

A brief description of the program(s):

1. Since we have restructured the curriculum to focus more tightly on the mission we have offered faculty development opportunities in the summer to develop block courses and integrated teaching techniques.
2. Some faculty use the opportunity for a sabbatical to develop new courses and textbooks. One question on the sabbatical application is to link the proposed sabbatical work with the goals of the college.


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

1. Small daily stipends are available for the faculty who participate in the development opportunities related to the new integrated curriculum.

2. Faculty who receive a sabbatical either take one semester with pay, or a year at half-pay.


The website URL where information about the program is available:
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