Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.16
Liaison Elaine Durr
Submission Date Nov. 9, 2015
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STARS v2.0

Elon University
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Michele Kleckner
Senior Lecturer; Sustainability Faculty Fellow
Computing Sciences
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Does the institution have an ongoing incentives program or programs that meet the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

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A brief description of the program(s), including positive outcomes during the previous three years:
Faculty may apply to be a part of the Sustainability Faculty Scholars Program. Faculty members identify a course that he/she would like to modify to include a sustainability component. Selected faculty members are provided with relevant sustainability resources and pedagogies. Faculty members modify selected courses accordingly and teach the course the next semester it is offered. The program has included participants from various disciplines including anthropology, art, biology, business administration, business law, chemistry, communications, computing sciences, economics, education, engineering, English, exercise science, geography, health and human performance, history, international business, leisure and sports management, mathematics, physics, sociology and statistics.

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A brief description of the incentives that faculty members who participate in the program(s) receive:
Faculty selected for the program receive a $1,000 stipend paid during the summer. Faculty members also receive training resources to help incorporate sustainability topics into the course.

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The website URL where information about the incentive program(s) is available:
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