Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 48.73
Liaison Claire Rodgers
Submission Date March 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 2.00
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Does the institution have an ongoing program that offers incentives for academic staff in multiple disciplines or departments to develop new sustainability courses and/or incorporate sustainability into existing courses? :
No

A brief description of the incentive program(s):
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A brief description of the incentives that academic staff who participate in the program(s) receive:
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Website URL where information about the incentives for developing sustainability course content is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Susan Mihailidis, Director of Academic Affairs and Sponsored Programs

While there are no policies regarding developing new sustainability courses specifically, there is a lot of infrastructure currently available that supports professors who want to develop new courses. The school recently hired two new professors who focus on sustainability and created a sustainability concentration, and this has helped them to develop new courses.


Susan Mihailidis, Director of Academic Affairs and Sponsored Programs

While there are no policies regarding developing new sustainability courses specifically, there is a lot of infrastructure currently available that supports professors who want to develop new courses. The school recently hired two new professors who focus on sustainability and created a sustainability concentration, and this has helped them to develop new courses.

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