| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 66.56 |
| Liaison | David Blodgett |
| Submission Date | March 13, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Babson College
AC-6: Sustainability Literacy Assessment
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.53 / 4.00 |
Asheen
Phansey Director of Sustainability President's Office |
The percentage of students assessed for sustainability literacy (directly or by representative sample) and for whom a follow-up assessment is conducted:
The percentage of students assessed for sustainability literacy (directly or by representative sample) without a follow-up assessment:
A copy of the questions included in the sustainability literacy assessment(s):
The questions included in the sustainability literacy assessment(s) :
A brief description of how the assessment(s) were developed:
This survey has been modeled after a similar survey given at Ohio State (permission was granted by survey author from Ohio State). The survey asks specific questions about the following areas of sustainability:
(1) Ecology/science
(2) Economics/business
(3) Social/justice
(4) Behavior/attitudes
Question difficulty: Three levels of difficulty with 1 being relatively easy and 3 more difficult
Don’t know: An option of “Don’t know” is a choice for each question
Authors & Roles:
Vikki Rodgers - Responsible for ecology/science-based questions
Sinan Erzurumlu - Responsible for economic/business-based questions
Jon Dietrick - Responsible for social/justice-based questions
Dallase Scott - Responsible for behavior/attitude-based questions
Nathan Karst - Responsible for appropriate design and analysis of questions
Alex Davis - Responsible for facilitation of research and survey
A brief description of how the assessment(s) were administered:
Assessment is sent out by the Undergraduate Dean to first years and seniors to gauge literacy changes over time.
A brief summary of results from the assessment(s):
Assessment has been written and is planned to be sent out in March 2015 by the Undergraduate Dean. The survey does not cover graduate students, which are 30% of the institution by headcount.
The website URL where information about the literacy assessment(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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