| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.17 |
| Liaison | Lisa Mitten |
| Submission Date | March 2, 2023 |
State University of New York at New Paltz
AC-9: Research and Scholarship
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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12.00 / 12.00 |
Lisa
Mitten Campus Sustainability Coordinator Office of Campus Sustainability |
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Part 1. Sustainability research
261
Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
53
Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
20.31
Part 2. Sustainability research by department
32
Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
24
Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
75
Research Inventory
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
See the attached excel spreadsheet.
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
The inventory includes tenure-track academic faculty who are expected to research under their employment contract as well as staff from the Benjamin Center for Public Policy Initiatives who conduct research.
The Office of Campus Sustainability sent out multiple emails to the faculty-staff listserve requesting the faculty fill out an online form if they conducted sustainability research. The following guidance was given about sustainability research:
Sustainability research includes subject matter that contributes to understanding or solving a major sustainability challenge such as climate change, global poverty and inequality, natural resource depletion, and environmental degradation. To identify research that contributes towards understanding or solving sustainability challenges, it is helpful to ask:
1. Does your course or research contribute towards realizing one or more of the principles outlined in the Earth Charter?
and/or
2. Does your course or research contribute towards achieving one or more of the targets embedded in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
The Office of Campus Sustainability also reached out directly to faculty members that we knew conducted sustainability research.
The Office of Campus Sustainability sent out multiple emails to the faculty-staff listserve requesting the faculty fill out an online form if they conducted sustainability research. The following guidance was given about sustainability research:
Sustainability research includes subject matter that contributes to understanding or solving a major sustainability challenge such as climate change, global poverty and inequality, natural resource depletion, and environmental degradation. To identify research that contributes towards understanding or solving sustainability challenges, it is helpful to ask:
1. Does your course or research contribute towards realizing one or more of the principles outlined in the Earth Charter?
and/or
2. Does your course or research contribute towards achieving one or more of the targets embedded in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
The Office of Campus Sustainability also reached out directly to faculty members that we knew conducted sustainability research.
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
This data in this credit uses data from the fall of 2021.
This credit includes the SUNY New Paltz Benjamin Center for Public Policy Initiatives, which conducts regional research. While not an academic department that does teaching, we added the Benjamin Center as a department for this credit because it does conduct academic research. Additionally, the total count of departments excludes Counselor Education, as it did not exist yet as of fall of 2021.
This credit includes the SUNY New Paltz Benjamin Center for Public Policy Initiatives, which conducts regional research. While not an academic department that does teaching, we added the Benjamin Center as a department for this credit because it does conduct academic research. Additionally, the total count of departments excludes Counselor Education, as it did not exist yet as of fall of 2021.
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.