Overall Rating Reporter
Overall Score
Liaison Amy Dvorak
Submission Date March 7, 2025

STARS v3.0

Lewis & Clark College
AC-6: Sustainability Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Morgaine McGrath
Sustainability Reporting Intern
Sustainability Office
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6.1 Percentage of academic departments engaged in sustainability research

Total number of academic departments engaged in research:
32

Number of academic departments engaged in sustainability research:
19

Annotated list or inventory of the institution’s sustainability research by department:
Description of the process used to identify the institution’s sustainability research:

Each faculty member involved in teaching a course with a sustainability component is reviewed to determine if their scholarship includes sustainability research. In addition, research databases or reports are also used as provided by each school. The AASHE STARS research definition is used to determine applicability. Tenure or tenured tracked, full time faculty are considered as part of the total research pool.


The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following two figures:

Percentage of academic departments engaged in sustainability research:
59.38

Points earned for indicator AC 6.1:
5.28

6.2 Incentives for sustainability research

Does the institution provide incentives for academic staff to conduct sustainability research?:
No

Description of the sustainability research incentives for academic staff:
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Does the institution provide incentives for students to conduct sustainability research?:
No

Description of the sustainability research incentives for students:
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The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:

Points earned for indicator AC 6.2:
0

Optional documentation

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