Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.49
Liaison Caitlin McLennan
Submission Date Nov. 1, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Utah State University
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Alexi Lamm
Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities
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Does the institution have an ongoing program or programs that offer incentives for faculty in multiple disciplines or departments to develop new sustainability courses and/or incorporate sustainability into existing courses?:
Yes

A brief description of the program(s), including positive outcomes during the previous three years (e.g. descriptions of new courses or course content resulting from the program):

This program began in 2015 with 17 faculty members and a PhD student. Goals:
1. Changes/additions to course content that engage a new level of student and faculty inquiry through the broad lens of sustainability.
2. A community of learning that results in a flexible literacy of sustainability from local to global.
3. A community that is better prepared to identify and meet the challenges of a fast-changing world.


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

Faculty received stipends for participation.


The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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