Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	65.95
Liaison	Kathleen McCaig
Submission Date	June 14, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Berea College
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	8.50 / 12.00	Nancy Gift Program Chair Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (SENS)

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Part 1

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):

140

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :

18.57

Part 2

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:

31.25

Research Inventory

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:

Sustainability Items Added to the FAR (1).pdf

The institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:

The Inventory attached above includes an anonymous survey. Departments are mentioned by survey takers and all faculty were required to answer the survey, however names and direct affiliations are not currently posted, though the next survey may include these details.

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory (including the types of faculty and staff included as researchers):

All faculty were required to answer the listed inventory survey. This is one of the college's first attempts at such an inventory.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

List of faculty engaged in sustainability research: Scott Heggen, computer science Ian Norris, marketing and psychology Sarah Hall, agriculture and natural resources Matt Saderholm, green chemistry Troy Messina, physics Nancy Gift, sustainability Jason Strange, peace and social justice Andrea Woodward, child and family studies, sociology Dan Feinberg, technology and applied design Chris Adams, biology More may be viewed here https://primary.berea.edu/avp/faculty-scholarly-creative-works-archive/faculty-scholarly-creative-works-14-15/