| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 50.39 |
| Liaison | Marianella Franklin |
| Submission Date | Aug. 28, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Marianella
Franklin Director of Sustainability The Office For Sustainability |
Does the institution have an ongoing incentives program or programs that meet the criteria for this credit?:
A brief description of the program(s), including positive outcomes during the previous three years:
UTPA’s Project Sin Fronteras program, modeled after Emory University’s Piedmont Project, is a faculty
development program offering a transformational platform that infuses sustainability concepts and practices into UTPA & Univerity of Texas-Brownsville curriculum. Since external accrediting bodies are beginning to require the inclusion of sustainability within the curriculum (e.g. Business, Engineering), this program provides participants with information and skills to produce a new or revised course syllabus with a link to sustainability that addresses co-curricular and service learning, and as a means of student engagement to attract disadvantaged students to STEM fields.
A brief description of the incentives that faculty members who participate in the program(s) receive:
Faculty participants who complete and commit to teaching the workshop syllabus within one academic year of graduation received a $500.00 stipend.
The website URL where information about the incentive program(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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