Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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Overall Score | 67.17 |
Liaison | Lori Collins-Hall |
Submission Date | Feb. 17, 2015 |
Executive Letter | Download |
Sterling College (VT)
AC-5: Immersive Experience
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Carol
Dickson Dean of Academics Academic |
Does the institution offer at least one immersive, sustainability-focused educational study program that meets the criteria for this credit?:
A brief description of the sustainability-focused immersive program(s) offered by the institution:
The website URL where information about the immersive program(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
A Sterling education is both local and global. Our sense of place in Craftsbury Common and Vermont is enriched by participation in our Global Field Studies experiences.
Through Global Field Studies, Sterling students and faculty have the opportunity to travel together within the United States or abroad to look at issues related to environmental stewardship and to experience rich ecological and cultural diversity.
Recent programs have included:
Arctic Canada—Labrador landscapes and society
Bahamas—impacts of land use on coral reefs
Belize—rainforest ecosystems and tropical watersheds
Canada—impact of hydroelectric development
Chiapas, Mexico—agricultural adaptations to climate change
High Sierra Nevada, California—expedition skills, ecology, and natural history of the Sierra Nevada
Hudson River Watershed—nature and culture of a changing landscape
Maritime Canada—marine natural history and ecology of the North Atlantic
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