Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 71.04
Liaison Natalie Hayes
Submission Date Oct. 19, 2023

STARS v2.2

Bentley University
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 6.00 / 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?:
Yes

Which of the following best describes the sustainability learning outcomes?:
Sustainability-focused

A list of the institution level sustainability learning outcomes:
Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of sustainability, ethics, and social and organizational responsibility.

Outcomes:
a: Explain how businesses function to measure and maximize value for stakeholders and demonstrate insight into the situational complexity of decision-making and relationship management
B: Identify and analyze the relationships among different fields of study required to address the complex challenges of sustainability, ethics, and social, organizational and legal responsibility in the context of business and other organizations
C: Illustrate problems of sustainability as complex systems and interpret the varying civic roles of individuals and organizations in creating a more sustainable society, economy and environment

Part 2. Program-level sustainability learning outcomes

Total number of graduates from degree programs:
5,308

Number of graduates from degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
1

A brief description of how the figure above was determined:
This number corresponds with the one Sustainability Science graduate in Spring 2023.

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/offices/provost/aol-undergraduate-learning

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:
0.02

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the sustainability learning outcomes is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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