| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.36 |
| Liaison | Ian Johnson |
| Submission Date | June 8, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Colorado College
AC-10: Support for Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.00 / 4.00 |
Ian
Johnson Sustainability Director Office of Sustainability |
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Does the institution have a program to encourage student sustainability research that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes
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A brief description of the institution’s program(s) to encourage student research in sustainability:
The State of the Rockies project, now in its twelfth year, offers students a valuable opportunity to work alongside faculty and staff to conduct state-of-the-art research in CC's backyard. Each summer, the project hires a group of Colorado College students to gather data for, compose, and publish the project's annual report. The State of the Rockies aims to encourage dialogue and collaborative action, inform stakeholders about regional issues, connect peer communities by sharing best practices, and stimulate Colorado College student contributions and outreach in the Rockies. This year the project will give special attention to environmental governance, or how federal involvement, non-profit, watershed, tribal, and private initiatives shape conservation efforts. The team will analyze their role in specific landscape conservation objectives. These objectives range from the protection of biodiversity, to economic sustainability, to cultural preservation efforts. The backdrop of this research will be the complex array of diverse communities, economies, and environments in the Rocky Mountain West.
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The website URL where information about the student research program is available:
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Does the institution have a program to encourage faculty sustainability research that meets the criteria for this credit?:
No
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A brief description of the institution’s program(s) to encourage faculty research in sustainability:
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The website URL where information about the faculty research program is available:
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Has the institution formally adopted policies and procedures that give positive recognition to interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary research during faculty promotion and/or tenure decisions?:
No
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A brief description or the text of the institution’s policy regarding interdisciplinary research:
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The website URL where information about the treatment of interdisciplinary research is available:
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Does the institution provide ongoing library support for sustainability research and learning that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes
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A brief description of the institution's library support for sustainability research and learning:
Tutt Library provides online research guides, known as LibGuides, for a variety of academic subjects. The Sustainability LibGuide offers recommendations for books, databases, and other resources related to sustainability. It also directs students to the Natural Sciences Liaison Librarian. In addition, the library has purchased several partial Ejournal packages useful for sustainability research and subscribes to and has available a number of journals, databases, ebook collections and print books relevant to sustainability and the environmental sciences.
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The website URL where information about the institution's library support for sustainability is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Tess Powers, the director of faculty research support, is devoloping a resource guide to help faculty fund interdisciplinary sustainability research. It is projected to be published by the end of the year.
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