| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 57.66 |
| Liaison | Michael Kensler |
| Submission Date | Jan. 23, 2019 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Auburn University
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Nanette
Chadwick Director, Academic Sustainability Programs Biological Sciences |
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?:
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):
The Fall Line Project is a Faculty Training Workshop and Awards Program patterned after the Ponderosa (Northern Arizona University) and Piedmont (Emory University) Projects. It is offered every other year in May, and consists of a 2-day intensive faculty workshop on Sustainability in the Curriculum, open to all faculty on campus.
A brief description of the incentives that faculty members who participate in the program(s) receive:
A monetary award ($500) is given to each faculty member who submits a revised or new syllabus with substantial sustainability content, for a course that is listed in the Schedule of Courses during the Fall or Spring semester following the summer workshop each year.
A list of faculty participants, as well as the syllabi of revised courses, is shown on the website below.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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