Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.30
Liaison Scott Morgan
Submission Date Aug. 30, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Evergreen State College, The
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 12.00 / 12.00 Sam Alfieri
Sustainability Analyst
Office of Sustainability
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Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):
49

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):
11

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :
22.45

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:
1

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
1

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:
100

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
The institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory (including the types of faculty and staff included as researchers):

This assessment was drawn from a review of self-reported and college sponsored research activity including the faculty working on the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) projects and Faculty Foundation Grants. The April 2018 Faculty Notes (attached) highlights faculty research developments.

https://www.evergreen.edu/sites/default/files/SponsoredResearchHistory2000-present.pdf
https://www.evergreen.edu/sites/default/files/FFGHistory.pdf
https://www.evergreen.edu/sponsoredresearch/kutterfund
https://www.evergreen.edu/surf/history


The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Evergreen does not have distinct academic departments. Since faculty co-teach across disciplines and rotate through graduate and undergraduate levels it isn't possible to define any distinctively separate set within the faculty. Also, faculty research is not a criterion for either faculty promotion or tenure at Evergreen. Therefore, faculty research plays a very different role in academic engagement at the college. Both externally and institutionally sponsored research is a small piece of our academic work.


Evergreen does not have distinct academic departments. Since faculty co-teach across disciplines and rotate through graduate and undergraduate levels it isn't possible to define any distinctively separate set within the faculty. Also, faculty research is not a criterion for either faculty promotion or tenure at Evergreen. Therefore, faculty research plays a very different role in academic engagement at the college. Both externally and institutionally sponsored research is a small piece of our academic work.

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