Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 44.86
Liaison Elisabeth Reed
Submission Date Feb. 25, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Illinois State University
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 10.10 / 12.00 Gig Supanichrattana
Administrative Associate
Facilities Management
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Part 1 

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):
218

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):
112

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :
51.38

Part 2 

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:
39

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
20

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:
51.28

Research Inventory 

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):
Research provided through ISUReD was utilized for baseline FY 15 (July 1, 2014 thru June 30, 2015) as the base research inventory. The Research Symposium guidebooks for FY 15 and FY 16 were utilized to identify sustainability research utilizing the principals of the Earth Charter as the criteria.

Optional Fields 

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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Faculty and faculty mentorships of student research are included in ISU's reporting. Two separate sources were utilized to collect data. ISUReD (open access repository), and the annual Research Symposium descriptions (http://grad.illinoisstate.edu/symposium/). A select collection of research that reflects the principals of the Earth Charter are included on the Office of Sustainability's web-site.

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