| Overall Rating | Silver |
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| Overall Score | 60.54 |
| Liaison | Jane Stewart |
| Submission Date | March 1, 2024 |
Washington and Lee University
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Jane
Stewart Energy Specialist Treasurer's office |
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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? :
Yes
A brief description of the incentive program(s):
The University Sustainability Committee offers grant support for faculty, staff and student organizations seeking resources beyond those available from department or program funds to introduce or augment sustainability content in classes, research, or programming.
Requests appropriate for a USC Sustainability Integration Grant might include funding to attend a workshop through the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), research support to facilitate a new line of academic inquiry or course development, or funds to host a relevant guest speaker. Eligible projects will be centered in environmental sustainability, or at the intersection of environmental sustainability with social and/or economic sustainability.
Requests appropriate for a USC Sustainability Integration Grant might include funding to attend a workshop through the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), research support to facilitate a new line of academic inquiry or course development, or funds to host a relevant guest speaker. Eligible projects will be centered in environmental sustainability, or at the intersection of environmental sustainability with social and/or economic sustainability.
A brief description of the incentives that academic staff who participate in the program(s) receive:
The primary benefit of the Sustainability Integration Grants is the funding provided, although the University Sustainability Committee does recognize grantees and, where appropriate, helps to promote the project for which they received the award.
A spring 2023 recipient used his funding to conduct summer research on sustainable technologies and is currently developing a new course that will "look at every stage of development, from idea to
innovation, for a host of technologies that are focused on environmental and social sustainability."
A spring 2023 recipient used his funding to conduct summer research on sustainable technologies and is currently developing a new course that will "look at every stage of development, from idea to
innovation, for a host of technologies that are focused on environmental and social sustainability."
Website URL where information about the incentives for developing sustainability course content is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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