Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.42
Liaison Kate Witte
Submission Date May 25, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Keene State College
AC-10: Support for Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 4.00 Cary Gaunt
Director of Campus Sustainability
Sustainability
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Does the institution have an ongoing program to encourage students in multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct research in sustainability? :
No

A brief description of the student research program, including the incentives provided and any positive outcomes during the previous three years:
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Does the institution have a program to encourage faculty from multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct research in sustainability topics?:
No

A brief description of the faculty research program, including the incentives provided and any positive outcomes during the previous three years:
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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 brief description of the institution’s support for interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary research, including any positive outcomes during the previous three years:

Faculty promotion and/or tenure decisions are based on how well faculty perform scholarship and research that address the College's values, Collegewide Learning Outcomes, and the Academic and Co-Curricular Plan. Each of these documents identifies the importance of interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches. This type of cross-disciplinary perspective is central to Keene State College and also articulated in the required Integrative Studies Program. The following URLS identify these key policies:
(1) Collegewide Learning Outcomes (http://www.keene.edu/academics/liberal-arts/outcomes/) which are inherently inter-, trans-, and multidisciplinary.
(2) Academic and Co-Curricular Plan: http://www.keene.edu/administration/councils/planning/assets/documents/academic-co-curricular-plan/download/
(3) College's Strategic Plan: http://www.keene.edu/administration/councils/planning/assets/documents/academic-co-curricular-plan/download/
(4) The Faculty Handbook, not publicly available online, outlines how faculty are to address these approaches as part of faculty promotion/tenure.


Does the institution have ongoing library support for sustainability research and learning?:
No

A brief description of the institution’s library support for sustainability research, including any positive outcomes during the previous three years:
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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