Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 55.41
Liaison Deborah Steinberg
Submission Date Feb. 18, 2013
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STARS v1.2

Carnegie Mellon University
PAE-21: Sustainability in Continuing Education

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.32 / 7.00 Lyn Decker
Osher Registrar
University Libraries Administration
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Does the institution offer continuing education courses that are focused on or related to sustainability?:
Yes

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Number of sustainability continuing education courses offered :
12

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Total number of continuing education courses offered:
363

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Does the institution have a sustainability-related certificate program through its continuing education or extension department?:
No

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A brief description of the certificate program:
The OSHER Lifelong Learning Institute at Carnegie Mellon is a non-credit program supported and chartered by Carnegie Mellon University in 1992. The Institute promotes a gathering of people eager to extend education in their senior years by attending classes at the University. Any adult in the Pittsburgh area is able to join the Institute, and there are no age restrictions.

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Year the certificate program was created:
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The website URL where information about sustainability in continuing education courses is available :
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The number of courses provided below may vary from year to year. Winter/Spring 2012 1) Biodiversity: the New Landscape Aesthetic 2) Have You Ever Hugged a Tree? Have You Ever Killed a Tree? 3) Our Health Hazards from Chemicals 4) Religion and the Environment Summer 2012 1) Conscious Living to Improve Your Health and Our Environment 2) Tours of the Gates Building LEED Gold (3 tours) Fall 2012 1) Tours of the Gates Building LEED Gold (3 tours) 2) Slow Food Pittsburgh Several other environmental courses are offered that are based on science, social, health & wellness, but may not fit the title 'sustainability'.

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