Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 66.71
Liaison Christie-Joy Hartman
Submission Date Sept. 13, 2024

STARS v2.2

James Madison University
EN-12: Continuing Education

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.67 / 5.00 Essa Paterson
Program Coordinator
ISNW
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Part 1 . Continuing education courses in sustainability

Total number of continuing education courses offered:
270

Number of continuing education courses that are sustainability course offerings:
24

Percentage of continuing education courses that are sustainability course offerings:
8.89

Course Inventory 

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its continuing education sustainability course offerings and descriptions:
EN12_Continuing_Education_sustainability_courses_08_03_2024_STARS.xlsx

Institution’s inventory of its continuing education sustainability course offerings and descriptions:

The School of Professional & Continuing Education (SPCE) offers programs year-round. The analysis for this credit was based on snapshots of SPCE course offerings taken from https://www.jmu.edu/pce/search.shtml in fall '23, and spring & summer '24.


Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
One

Part 2. Sustainability-focused certificate program

Does the institution have at least one sustainability-focused certificate program through its continuing education or extension department?:
No

A brief description of the certificate program(s):
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Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s continuing education courses and programs in sustainability is available:
https://www.jmu.edu/pce/index.shtml

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The course inventory was created by Essa Paterson, ISNW, in Spring 2024 and confirmed at time of submission. Courses that were part of an academic program were not included in the counts, since they did not meet the criteria: "Continuing education is inclusive of non-credit, community education, and extension courses and programs. Examples include non-degree career training, workforce training, credential maintenance courses, formal personal enrichment courses, self-directed learning and experiential learning (on and off campus). In some cases, non-credit students may earn continuing education units, certification, or other evidence". Multiple offerings of the same course were counted. Websites dedicated to each program were reviewed to evaluate which courses were 'sustainability course offerings'.

 There was a 33% increase in number of sustainability courses offered since our last submission.


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