Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 32.91
Liaison Jay Clark
Submission Date Jan. 18, 2012
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STARS v1.0

Maryville College
PAE-2: Strategic Plan

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.00 / 6.00 Adrienne Schwarte
Associate Professor of Design, Coordinator of Sustainability Studies Minor
Fine Arts & Sustainability Studies
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Year the strategic plan or equivalent was completed or adopted:
2,009

Does the institution's strategic plan or equivalent guiding document include the environmental dimensions of sustainability at a high level?:
Yes

A brief description of how the strategic plan or amendment addresses the environmental dimensions of sustainability:

Under the stewardship section of the strategic plan, the following is addressed regarding the environmental dimensions of sustainability:

"Maryville College recognizes its responsibility to efficiently care for all of its resources. Building on
successful strategic planning the endowment will be of a magnitude to effectively reduce tuition dependency,
sustain institutional growth, and ensure that a Maryville education is affordable. Maryville College facilities
and technologies will be competitively attractive and functional, promote environmental sustainability,
enhance wellness, further community partnerships, and advance the educational mission."

"A Strategic Plan for Sustainability will be developed to reduce the College’s carbon footprint by
15% within 5 years."


Does the institution's strategic plan or equivalent guiding document include the social dimensions of sustainability at a high level?:
Yes

A brief description of how the strategic plan or amendment addresses the social dimensions of sustainability:

Below are some of the items included in the strategic plan that address social dimensions of sustainability:

"The College will implement the Campus Wellness Plan."

"At least 25% of Maryville College students will have had a significant international experience by graduation."

"Maryville College will provide regular curricular and co-curricular opportunities for students to
learn and engage in conversation about religious diversity, both in world religions and within
Christianity, so that 95% of students will report greater appreciation of religious diversity upon
graduation"

"Guided by the Strategic Plan for Diversity, the College will develop and begin implementation of
a plan to increase diversity of faculty and staff."

"The College will restore salary levels and 403b contributions and develop a comprehensive
compensation plan for staff that will ensure staff compensation meets or exceeds compensation
at comparable institutions."

"The College will be committed to funding and supporting annual professional development opportunities for every department."


Does the institution's strategic plan or equivalent guiding document include the economic dimensions of sustainability at a high level?:
No

A brief description of how the strategic plan or amendment addresses the economic dimensions of sustainability:
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The website URL where information about the strategic plan is available:
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