Overall Rating Reporter - expired
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Liaison Dasha Ostrova
Submission Date March 2, 2018
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California College of the Arts
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Jennifer Juras
Director of Institutional Research
Office of Institutional Planning
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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?:
Yes

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):
In keeping with CCA's values, sustainability is prioritized for faculty development grants. These grants are given for faculty research and course development. Sustainability is a core focus area and proposals for sustainability-related research and course development are given extra weight in decision making for faculty to receive grant money. A recent outcome was an assessment of sustainability curriculum across departments at CCA, development of a modularized sustainability curriculum that would cut across disciplines, and a compilation of sustainability curriculum resources.

A brief description of the incentives that faculty members who participate in the program(s) receive:
Sustainability is prioritized for faculty development grants. These grants are given for faculty research and course development. Sustainability is a core focus area and proposals for sustainability-related research and course development are given extra weight in decision making for faculty to receive grant money.

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