Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.71
Liaison Bridget Flynn
Submission Date Feb. 15, 2012
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Oberlin College
PAE-2: Strategic Plan

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 6.00 / 6.00 Colin Koffel
Environmental Sustainability Fellow
Office of Environmental Sustainability
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Year the strategic plan or equivalent was completed or adopted:
2,005

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:

One of the Strategic Plan seven strategic directions is Move toward Environmental Sustainability: “Oberlin is in a favorable position to be a national leader in promoting sustainability on and off campus. The College has already committed itself to pursuing the goal of sustainability, as expressed in the ‘environmental policy statement of Oberlin College,’ adopted by the Board of Trustees in March 2004. It should abide by this commitment by continuing to work toward developing an environmentally sustainable campus. Justifications include the unprecedented environmental challenges our students will face in the future; the great importance attached by current and prospective students to efforts to achieve sustainability; the learning experiences afforded to students as a result of these efforts; and the continuing example Oberlin can set for other institutions, academic and otherwise.”


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:

A key component of the strategic direction to move toward environmental sustainability is to “Enhance and develop further opportunities for students and faculty to participate in the continuing ‘greening’ of the campus and the wider community through promoting course work in various curricular areas, independent research projects, and community service.”


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

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

The Strategic Plan's has two overall goals: educational and financial. The financial goal is “To enhance the quality and value of the education it provides its students, Oberlin must attain financial sustainability. To remain a great institution of American higher education, Oberlin must enhance each of its revenue streams. Currently its most critical financial priority must be to realize more net tuition revenue per student and to do so in ways that honor Oberlin’s long traditions of racial and socioeconomic diversity.” The Strategic Plan lays out six strategies to achieve that goal.


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