Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.28
Liaison Margaret Bounds
Submission Date June 18, 2021

STARS v2.2

Connecticut College
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 10.65 / 12.00 Doug Thompson
Faculty Director of Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:
147

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
31

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
21.09

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
31

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
18

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
58.06

Research Inventory 

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
The Office of Sustainability conducted a survey of research by sending targeted letters to department heads listing their researchers that we had included in past STARS reporting and asking for any new researchers who would fit the criteria. Each letter described the College's definition of sustainability and included both the AASHE definition of sustainability research as well as the UN Sustainability Goals. We received responses from 24 of 31 departments. Follow up to specific faculty members was done as needed. Full and continuing part-time faculty with research responsibilities (i.e. Assistant, Associate or Full Professor and Visiting Assistant Professor) were included in the total count of FTE.

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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