| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 75.88 |
| Liaison | Deborah Steinberg |
| Submission Date | Dec. 17, 2024 |
Carnegie Mellon University
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Deborah
Steinberg Green Practices and Sustainability Manager FMCS |
Does the institution have an ongoing program that offers incentives for academic staff in multiple disciplines or departments to develop new sustainability courses and/or incorporate sustainability into existing courses? :
A brief description of the incentive program(s):
Wimmer Faculty Fellowship for the Development of Teaching
To encourage and foster the professional development of junior faculty as educators.
These fellowships help junior faculty members improve the quality of their teaching and learning of CMU students by designing a new course or revising an existing course through incorporating instructional strategies, implementing educational technologies, creating instructional materials, collecting and analyzing data on student learning to iteratively improve course design, or and/or integrating new content (e.g., global or multicultural perspectives, ethics, sustainability, interdisciplinarity).
A brief description of the incentives that academic staff who participate in the program(s) receive:
Fellowships are for $3,000 each. The maximum funding period is one year. Fellowship awards may be used as faculty stipend (taxable) or to directly support project costs.
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