| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 67.20 |
| Liaison | Jessica Thompson |
| Submission Date | June 20, 2024 |
Northern Michigan University
AC-9: Research and Scholarship
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
11.12 / 12.00 |
Jessica
Thompson AVP Sustainability People Culture & Wellbeing |
Part 1. Sustainability research
Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
Part 2. Sustainability research by department
Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
Research Inventory
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
Please see attached Excel sheet.
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
In October 2022, members of the Sustainability Advisory Council sent out a survey to all faculty at NMU and asked faculty to identify if their research or creative activities were related to sustainability. We added the new faculty to our existing spreadsheet of sustainability scholars, and then verified that the others who were already on the sheet had worked at NMU during the 2022 calendar year. To determine the “total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research” we counted full-time faculty with a terminal degree. Northern has a range of other types of faculty, some of whom do research, while others do not. To be consistent and accurate, we only counted responses on our questionnaire from those who are tenure or tenure-track faculty. The figure we reported is the percentage of tenure or tenure-track faculty who engage in sustainability-related research. We used the same method, counting only tenure or tenure-track faculty when determining the number of departments on campus that do sustainability research.
Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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