Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.19
Liaison Veronica Johnson
Submission Date May 28, 2015
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Southwestern University
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Laura Hobgood-Oster
professor
environmental studies
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Does the institution have an ongoing incentives program or programs that meet the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

A brief description of the program(s), including positive outcomes during the previous three years:

1. Study Abroad - The EFSAP (Environmental Fellows Study Abroad Program) - benefited at least 20 students (who received scholarships up to $5,000 to do environmentally related study abroad programs). Fund was fully expended in 2013. ($100,000)
2. SEED grants - over 30 of these already awarded - for various sustainability related programs on campus - over $100,000 spent
3. Course development funds - over 10 faculty have received grants for course development related to enviro studies
4. GIS lab - establishing a solid GIS component for the Env St program, setting up the lab (computers), hiring and paying seed grant funds for the staff/faculty person
5. Hiring a permanent faculty member for enviro studies
6. Connecting with other study abroad programs (sending faculty and staff to investigate and make connections)


A brief description of the incentives that faculty members who participate in the program(s) receive:

The primary incentives are course development funds, travel for research and course development as needed.


The website URL where information about the incentive program(s) is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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