Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 60.97
Liaison Natalie Hayes
Submission Date Aug. 6, 2020

STARS v2.2

Bentley University
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.20 / 8.00 Natalie Hayes
Associate Director of Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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Part 1. Institutional sustainability learning outcomes

Has the institution adopted one or more sustainability learning outcomes that apply to the entire student body or, at minimum, to the institution's predominant student body?:
No

Which of the following best describes the sustainability learning outcomes?:
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A list of the institution level sustainability learning outcomes:
Two of four Student Learning outcomes that were formally adopted by the University in 2019 are:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of sustainability, ethics, and social and organizational responsibility.
2. Expand cultural and diversity competencies.

Part 2. Program-level sustainability learning outcomes

Total number of graduates from degree programs:
1,573

Number of graduates from degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
40

A brief description of how the figure above was determined:
This number includes all students who graduated with sustainability in their degree in Spring 2019. This is either - Sustainability Science Major, Liberal Studies with a concentration in Earth, Environment, and Global Sustainability, Minor in Earth, Environment, and Global Sustainability, Finance Major with concentration in Sustainable Investing, or Sustainable Investing Minor.

A list of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
The list of all Undergraduate degree programs is is available here:
https://www.bentley.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/majors

Documentation supporting the figure reported above (upload):
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Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
One

Percentage of students who graduate from programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
2.54

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the sustainability learning outcomes is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
All undergraduate students who graduate from Bentley University graduate with sustainability learning outcomes as these elements are integrated in to the General Business Core which is mandatory for all students.

The number listed is for 2019 graduates which includes:
Undergraduate program graduates: 994
Graduate program graduates: 573
Doctoral program graduates: 6

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