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Liaison Elizabeth Drake
Submission Date June 29, 2012
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Swarthmore College
PAE-2: Strategic Plan

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Clara Fang
Sustainability Coordinator
Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility
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Year the strategic plan or equivalent was completed or adopted:
2,011

Does the institution's strategic plan or equivalent guiding document include the environmental dimensions of sustainability at a high level?:
Yes

A brief description of how the strategic plan or amendment addresses the environmental dimensions of sustainability:

Commitment 4 of the Strategic Plan: The College is committed to environmental
sustainability.

Under recommendation 2: Invest in sustainable environmental practices,
including minimizing greenhouse gas emissions
from the College’s own operation and
preserving the Crum Woods.


Does the institution's strategic plan or equivalent guiding document include the social dimensions of sustainability at a high level?:
Yes

A brief description of how the strategic plan or amendment addresses the social dimensions of sustainability:

Commitment 3: The College is committed to providing a
supportive workplace.

Recommendation 4: Swarthmore should recruit, admit, and support a varied
and dynamic student body through its admissions
and financial aid policies.

Part 3 of recommendation 3: Renew efforts to increase the diversity of the faculty, especially in tenure-track appointments.

Recommendation 2: Swarthmore should draw on its traditions and strengths
as a community to serve as a model for purposeful
communities in the 21st century.


Does the institution's strategic plan or equivalent guiding document include the economic dimensions of sustainability at a high level?:
Yes

A brief description of how the strategic plan or amendment addresses the economic dimensions of sustainability:

Commitment 1: The College is committed to financial sustainability.

Recommendation 4: Swarthmore should recruit, admit, and support a varied
and dynamic student body through its admissions
and financial aid policies.


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