Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 63.29
Liaison Samuel Crowl
Submission Date Feb. 20, 2018
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Ohio University
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Nancy Manring
Sustainability Studies Theme Leader
Political Science
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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?:
Yes

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):
In 2016, the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences provided funding to hire two full-time faculty members charged with working with the Sustainability Studies Theme: one focused on social and economic sustainability in Appalachia; the other focused on sustainability and conservation biology. In 2015, the grant-funded project Advancing Carbon Neutrality: Using the Kanawha Model to Facilitate Climate Change Literacy helped a 14-member faculty cohort learn how to weave climate change and related sustainability issues into existing course syllabi.

A brief description of the incentives that faculty members who participate in the program(s) receive:
Sustainability Studies Theme: salary and benefits for two new faculty members. Kanawha project: $500 stipends, free workshops and resources, meals during events.

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Information provided by Nancy Manring, Sustainability Studies Theme Leader and Political Science professor.

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