Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 67.33
Liaison James Biesecker
Submission Date Nov. 1, 2022

STARS v2.2

Gettysburg College
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 11.09 / 12.00 Randy Wilson
Associate Professor
Environmental Studies
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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:
190

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
41

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
21.58

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
33

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
21

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
63.64

Research Inventory 

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
see attached

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
A survey was conducted with all of the department chairs asking for this information. The results were then cross-referenced using data from departmental websites which included descriptions of faculty research areas.

Sustainability research was defined as research about sustainability related topics - including environmental sustainability, planning, history, policy, ecology, management, economic economics, ethics, religion and so on. In addition, topics that include a substantial environmental/sustainability aspect were also included, such as studies of globalization, colonialism, development and Native American/Indigenous studies.

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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