| Overall Rating | Reporter - expired |
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| Overall Score | |
| Liaison | Michael Mumper |
| Submission Date | Feb. 27, 2019 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Lebanon Valley College
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
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Reporter |
Michael
Schroeder Associate Professor of History; Co-Chair of the Sustainability Advisory Committee Department of History, Politics & Global Studies |
Does the institution have an ongoing program or programs that offer incentives for faculty in multiple disciplines or departments to develop new sustainability courses and/or incorporate sustainability into existing courses?:
A brief description of the program(s), including positive outcomes during the previous three years (e.g. descriptions of new courses or course content resulting from the program):
The College has Arnold Grants to support student-faculty research. Innovation has been a consistent focus of Dr. Thayne’s presidency. Through a series of innovation funds, Dr. Thayne has established an internal proposal-driven, grant-making economy to catalyze innovation and incubate new ideas. Some projects have included a focus on sustainability, such as the E.A.T. Program ("Engage, Analyze, Transform"), which has resulted in a range of student projects relating to food waste on campus; the formation of a "Sustainability House" wherein residents focus on issues relating to environmental sustainability and food; and others.
A brief description of the incentives that faculty members who participate in the program(s) receive:
The results of the project, if successful, should be publishable in a scholarly journal in the field as a book or monograph or as a chapter in a compendium; or, it should be suitable for presentation at professional meetings in the field; or, it should be suitable for performance or displayed at appropriate venues for creative works.
Within three (3) months following the project's conclusion, the faculty project director will submit a final report to the senior associate dean of academic affairs summarizing the results of the project.
Grant recipients may be invited to present at the College following the grant project.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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