| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 81.96 |
| Liaison | Lindsey Lyons |
| Submission Date | March 1, 2024 |
Dickinson College
AC-9: Research and Scholarship
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
12.00 / 12.00 |
Neil
Leary Director Center for Sustainability Education |
Total number of employees that conduct research:
Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
Inventory from January 2024 is uploaded.
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
Dickinson's Center for Sustainability Education developed a questionnaire to collect information from faculty about their scholarship that was distributed to all full-time faculty by the provost via email in January 2024. The questionnaire presented definitions of scholarship and sustainability-oriented scholarship. Scholarship was defined as research, writing, analysis, creative work, presentations, performances, and other scholarly activities that are relevant to faculty members’ academic disciplines and professional work. Sustainability-oriented scholarship was defined as scholarship for which any of the following is true:
• It explicitly addresses the concept of sustainability, OR
• It addresses the interdependence of ecological systems with social or economic systems, OR
• It addresses one or more major sustainability challenges.
The questionnaire included examples of sustainability challenges and referenced the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Faculty were asked if a significant portion of their scholarship fits the definition of sustainability-oriented scholarship. For those who responded "none of my scholarly work is sustainability oriented " the online questionnaire terminated. Those who responded "a significant portion of my scholarly work is sustainability oriented" were asked to respond to some follow-up questions to describe how their scholarly work addresses sustainability, identify sustainability challenges addressed in their scholarly work, and to identify who they collaborate with in their sustainability scholarship: students, Dickinson colleagues, colleagues at other institutions in the U.S., colleagues at institutions in other countries, and/or colleagues with expertise in disciplines different from their own.
Responses to the questionnaire were received from 146 faculty members, for a response rate of 67%. Eighty-one of the respondents reported that a significant portion of their scholarship is sustainability oriented. This represents 37% of all faculty members and 56% of faculty members who responded. Of those who reported that they engage in sustainability scholarship, 69 provided sufficient information to be included in the data submitted for AC-9 of our AASHE STARS report, representing 31.5% of all faculty.
The inventory was constructed using information gathered with the questionnaire.
Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:
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The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.