| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 67.18 |
| Liaison | Weston Dripps |
| Submission Date | Aug. 19, 2024 |
Amherst College
EN-6: Community Partnerships
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
6.00 / 9.00 |
Weston
Dripps Director of Sustainability Sustainability |
Criteria
6.1 Sustainability-focused community partnerships
An institution earns 3 points when it has at least one community partnership that is sustainability-focused.
Measurement
Report on the current status of the institution’s partnerships with external entities such as civil society organizations, government agencies, and businesses.
To qualify as sustainability focused, the primary focus of the community partnership must be on the integrated concept of sustainability or the interdependence of ecological and social/cultural/economic systems.
6.2 Partnerships to support underrepresented groups and vulnerable populations
An institution earns 3 points when it has at least one community partnership that explicitly aims to support underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations in addressing the sustainability challenges they have identified.
Measurement
Report on the current status of the institution’s partnerships with external entities such as civil society organizations, government agencies, and businesses.
6.3 Community partnership assessment
An institution earns 3 points when A) it has published guidelines for creating and maintaining reciprocal and mutually beneficial community partnerships and B) all of the institution’s community partnerships for sustainability (as reported in indicators 6.1 and 6.2) are subject to an assessment process that includes joint evaluation by the institution and its community partners. Partial points are available and earned as outlined in the Technical Manual.
Measurement
Report on the current status of the institution’s community partnership policies, guidelines, and practices.
To qualify, published community partnership guidelines must explicitly seek to ensure equity, reciprocity, and/or mutual benefit.
To qualify, an assessment process must address the reciprocity and mutual benefit of the partnerships and include feedback and/or assessment findings from community partners to the institution and from the institution to the community.
Applicability
Applicable to all institutions.
Scoring
Measurement
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