Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 52.02
Liaison Martin Sanchez
Submission Date June 29, 2024

STARS v2.2

Tecnológico de Monterrey – Campus Toluca
AC-10: Support for Sustainability Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.00 / 4.00
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Student sustainability research incentives 

Does the institution have an ongoing program to encourage students in multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:
Yes

A brief description of the student sustainability research program:

Novus is an initiative of the Institute for the Future of Education that aims to strengthen the culture of evidence-based educational innovation among the professors at Tecnológico de Monterrey. To achieve this, we provide funding for the implementation of educational innovations and their impact measurement, with the goal of disseminating, transferring, and scaling successful Novus projects, as well as internationalizing them through peer-reviewed publications, conferences, and international competitions.


https://novus.tec.mx/es


 


Faculty sustainability research incentives 

Does the institution have a program to encourage academic staff from multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:
Yes

A brief description of the faculty sustainability research program:
Through a joint effort by Novus and Ruta Azul, the sustainability initiative at Tecnologico de Monterrey, a new track was created for the 2023 call for proposals: "Education for Sustainable Development".​

 

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Through this collaboration, 7 projects were funded with $1.2M MXN. All participants will get mentoring and orientation for impact measurement, statistical analysis and academic writing. An academic production of at least 3 conference publications and 2 journal publications is expected from these projects.​

 

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Novus has designed an impact assessment strategy for these projects that considers both learning outcomes and impact on teaching and is complemented by measuring students' engagement towards the innovation and their sustainability index. 

Recognition of interdisciplinary, transdisciplnary and multi-disciplinary research 

Has the institution published written policies and procedures that give positive recognition to interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary research during faculty promotion and/or tenure decisions?:
Yes

A copy of the promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
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The promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:

Our purpose is to promote experimentation and research in educational innovation as a means for the professional development of faculty, the continuous improvement of their teaching practices, and the construction of the future of education.


https://novus.tec.mx/es/convocatoria-2024


https://tec.mx/en/research 


Library support

Does the institution have ongoing library support for sustainability research and learning?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s library support for sustainability research:

Yes, there are various research groups pertaining to different educational areas at Tec. Their objectives, research lines, members and most relevant scientific publications are described within the link provided as evidence.


https://tec.mx/en/research


 


Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for sustainability research is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
AC10_Impacto_sustentabilidad_2023.pptx

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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