Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 54.99
Liaison Katherine Spector
Submission Date March 5, 2021

STARS v2.2

State University of New York at Oswego
EN-6: Assessing Sustainability Culture

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 1.00 Deborah Furlong
Director of Institutional Research and Assessment
Office of Institutional Research and Assessment
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Does the institution conduct an assessment of sustainability culture?:
Yes

Which of the following best describes the cultural assessment? The assessment is administered to::
A subset of the campus community or a sample that may not be representative of the entire community

Which of the following best describes the structure of the cultural assessment? The assessment is administered::
Longitudinally to measure change over time

A brief description of how and when the cultural assessment(s) were developed and/or adopted:

The question about environmental and sustainability issues was added to the SUNY Student Opinion Survey (SOS) in 2012 to provide consistent and comparable information to campuses about their own students' development regarding this set of issues.


A copy or sample of the questions related to sustainability culture:
A sample of the questions related to sustainability culture or the website URL where the assessment tool is available:

How much is this college contributing to your growth and learning in understanding
environmental and sustainability issues? (1 = No contribution; 5 = Very large contribution)


A brief description of how representative samples were reached (if applicable) and how the cultural assessment is administered:

The SOS is administered to all campuses in the SUNY system every third spring. Campuses are asked to provide a random sample of at least 2000 students. Oswego has focused on undergraduate, degree-seeking students, the College's primary service group.


A brief summary of results from the cultural assessment:

When the item was added to the SOS in 2012, SUNY Oswego scored relatively low compared to the peer group of other comprehensive schools. By 2018 Oswego had improved both the absolute score and its positive relative to the other schools, confirming the effectiveness of the College's campus-wide efforts to elevate sustainability learning and activities. The SOS is next scheduled during Spring 2021.


Website URL where information about the assessment of sustainability culture is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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