Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 67.35
Liaison Juliana Goodlaw-Morris
Submission Date Feb. 6, 2024

STARS v2.2

California State University, San Marcos
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 10.94 / 12.00 Juliana Goodlaw-Morris
Sustainability Manager
Safety, Risk and Sustainability
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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:
284

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
81

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
28.52

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
47

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
29

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
61.70

Research Inventory 

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
See attached

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
We used the total number of tenure-track and tenured faculty as our total number of researchers. This number was determined because every tenure-track faculty members receive a course release every semester to conduct research.

For the faculty/staff that conducted sustainability research we surveyed them and determined whether or not their research fit STARS criteria.

Faculty/staff were only counted in this process. However, we did included Extended Learning (continuing education) and the Library (who have tenure-track faculty).

Optional Fields 

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