Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 40.39
Liaison Sarah Laurie
Submission Date May 17, 2017
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State University of New York at Fredonia
AC-10: Support for Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 4.00 Tracy Marafiote
Associate Professor
Communication
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Student Sustainability Research Incentives 

Does the institution have an ongoing program to encourage students in multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct research in sustainability? :
No

A brief description of the student research program, including the incentives provided and any positive outcomes during the previous three years:
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Faculty Sustainability Research Incentives 

Does the institution have a program to encourage faculty from multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct research in sustainability topics?:
No

A brief description of the faculty research program, including the incentives provided and any positive outcomes during the previous three years:
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Recognition of Inter-, Trans- and Multi-Disciplinary Research 

Has the institution published written policies and procedures that give positive recognition to interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary research during faculty promotion and/or tenure decisions?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s support for interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary research, including any positive outcomes during the previous three years:
SUNY Fredonia Handbook on Appointment, Reappointment, and Promotion (HARP) This approach to evaluating scholarship—broadly defined—is valuable in understanding SUNY Fredonia’s view of scholarly and creative work in faculty reappointment, continuing appointment, and promotion processes. Regardless of the type of scholarship, these standards encourage faculty and committees to assess the quality of each contribution. As a regional, public liberal arts institution, SUNY Fredonia values a wide variety of scholarly and creative activities, undertaken alone or with student or peer collaborators: - interdisciplinary scholarship that brings together perspectives from two or more fields. - community-based research (scholarship of engagement) that may include partnerships with others in addressing regional issues. (p. 26)

Library Support

Does the institution have ongoing library support for sustainability research and learning?:
No

A brief description of the institution’s library support for sustainability research, including any positive outcomes during the previous three years:
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Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Although SUNY Fredonia does not yet have specific programs for support sustainability research, the programs that provide research support do encourage work that focuses on sustainability. The recently adopted SUNY Fredonia Handbook on Appointment, Reappointment, and Promotion (HARP) has expanded the definition of scholarship to include and value a wide variety of scholarly and creative activities. More specifically, it supports work undertaken alone or with student or peer collaborators that is interdisciplinary and/or community-based.

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