Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 60.91
Liaison Sarah Fortner
Submission Date March 5, 2021

STARS v2.2

Carleton College
AC-5: Immersive Experience

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Alexandra Miller
Sustainability Program Coordinator
Energy and Sustainability
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Does the institution offer at least one immersive, sustainability-focused educational study program that is one week or more in length?:
Yes

A brief description of the sustainability-focused immersive program(s) offered by the institution:
Carleton College offers off-campus programs that immerse students in sustainable issues. Each year, new proposals are accepted for programs, so faculty are continually creating new programs each year. There are 10-week programs that replace a term, or shorter trips for winter and spring breaks. Below is a list of all the off-campus study programs offered:

Winter Break 2017:
Agriculture & Sustainability, China and the United States, Students met with farmers to compare practices in China and the United States.

Winter Term 2017
Ecology in Australia
Geology in New Zealand

Winter Term 2018
Ecology in Australia
Geology in New Zealand

Spring Break 2018
Wilderness Studies, Grand Canyon, explores the significance of wild country in the American experience.

Winter Break 2018
Sustainable Energy Principles and Practice, Aureville, India
Conservation, Geology, and Natural History, Tasmania

Spring Break 2020
Wilderness Studies at the Grand Canyon- canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Website URL where information about the institution’s immersive education programs is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Travel and off-campus studies programs were cut short, canceled, or postponed in Winter/Spring of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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