Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.65
Liaison Melissa Cadwell
Submission Date June 15, 2018
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Syracuse University
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Rachel May
Retired -Coordinator of Sustainability Education
Sustainability Management
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Does the institution have an ongoing program or programs that offer incentives for faculty in multiple disciplines or departments to develop new sustainability courses and/or incorporate sustainability into existing courses?:
Yes

A brief description of the program(s), including positive outcomes during the previous three years (e.g. descriptions of new courses or course content resulting from the program):
The Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability grants program provides funding for faculty who wish to develop courses or add elements to their courses. One example is the 2017 course, Interactive Design and Visualization Lab (Architecture and Engineering), which used CALS funding for a Climate Disruption Awareness Generator.

A brief description of the incentives that faculty members who participate in the program(s) receive:
Funding for course materials and student assistants.

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
http://sustainability.syr.edu/academics/faculty/faculty-development/

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