| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 59.94 |
| Liaison | Samuel Crowl |
| Submission Date | Aug. 11, 2021 |
Ohio University
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Vince
Weatherstein Director of Energy Management Facilities Management & Safety |
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Does the institution have an ongoing program that offers incentives for academic staff in multiple disciplines or departments to develop new sustainability courses and/or incorporate sustainability into existing courses? :
Yes
A brief description of the incentive program(s):
In 2019, the Office of Sustainability was restructured to include 3 faculty affiliates (“Hub Coordinators”) from various colleges at Ohio University who promote sustainability initiatives from an academic perspective. One of the current faculty affiliates has developed a Sustainability Project Laboratory (SPL) to support faculty to incorporate “sustainability-related, multi-disciplinary, outcomes-based projects into their courses”. Projects from the SPL were incorporated into 4 courses in Spring 2020 (Sustainability Marketing, Sustainability Implementation, Ecohouse Seminar, and Environmental Studies Practicum).
A brief description of the incentives that academic staff who participate in the program(s) receive:
Each faculty affiliate is given a salary add-on of $10,000 and graduate student support.
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Information provided by Elaine Goetz, Director of Sustainability, on 5/28/2020.
Entered by Sydney Hutchinson
Entered by Sydney Hutchinson
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