| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 47.06 |
| Liaison | Daniela Shebitz |
| Submission Date | Dec. 11, 2023 |
Kean University
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Daniela
Shebitz Professor Environmental and Sustainability Sciences |
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? :
A brief description of the incentive program(s):
There is an incentive for faculty in the Department of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences to develop both Introduction to Sustainability (SUST 1000) and Introduction to Environmental Science (ENV 1000) as online courses that can be delivered to students of all majors.
In addition, there is a financial incentive for faculty members to work with the GE Task Force to develop multidisciplinary courses that integrate sustainability into the GE curriculum. New courses in the GE curriculum focus on the importance of air, water, and soil on human health. Each of the 12 faculty members from throughout campus who participated in the development of courses for the GE curriculum was incentivized with 3 credits of compensation over the summer (approximately $5000-$6000). They are asked to derive as much of the curriculum as possible from place and community and emphasize throughout the values of equity, inclusion, analytical rigor, sustainability, and mutual respect.
https://www.kean.edu/offices/academic-affairs/general-education-curriculum-task-force
A brief description of the incentives that academic staff who participate in the program(s) receive:
A special allocation for such development has been provided by the VPAA office. Each academic staff member involved was compensated for 3 credits.
Website URL where information about the incentives for developing sustainability course content is available:
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