| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 66.80 |
| Liaison | Martín Sánchez Gutiérrez |
| Submission Date | June 7, 2024 |
Tecnológico de Monterrey – Campus Monterrey
AC-10: Support for Sustainability Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
4.00 / 4.00 |
Does the institution have an ongoing program to encourage students in multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:
A brief description of the student sustainability research program:
Novus is an initiative of the Institute for the Future of Education that aims to strengthen the culture of evidence-based educational innovation among the professors at Tecnológico de Monterrey. To achieve this, we provide funding for the implementation of educational innovations and their impact measurement, with the goal of disseminating, transferring, and scaling successful Novus projects, as well as internationalizing them through peer-reviewed publications, conferences, and international competitions.
Does the institution have a program to encourage academic staff from multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:
A brief description of the faculty sustainability research program:
Through a joint effort by Novus and Ruta Azul, the sustainability initiative at Tecnologico de Monterrey, a new track was created for the 2023 call for proposals: "Education for Sustainable Development".
Through this collaboration, 7 projects were funded with $1.2M MXN. All participants will get mentoring and orientation for impact measurement, statistical analysis and academic writing. An academic production of at least 3 conference publications and 2 journal publications is expected from these projects.
Novus has designed an impact assessment strategy for these projects that considers both learning outcomes and impact on teaching and is complemented by measuring students' engagement towards the innovation and their sustainability index.
Has the institution published written policies and procedures that give positive recognition to interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary research during faculty promotion and/or tenure decisions?:
A copy of the promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
The promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
Our purpose is to promote experimentation and research in educational innovation as a means for the professional development of faculty, the continuous improvement of their teaching practices, and the construction of the future of education.
There are various research groups pertaining to different educational areas at Tec. Their objectives, research lines, members and most relevant scientific publications are described within the link provided as evidence.
https://novus.tec.mx/en/node/406
Does the institution have ongoing library support for sustainability research and learning?:
A brief description of the institution’s library support for sustainability research:
Tecnológico de Monterrey has a wide-range of articles, research papers and magazines related and focused to sustainability open for staff, students and Tec Community free or charge.
https://biblioteca.tec.mx/inicio
Website URL where information about the institution’s support for sustainability research is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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.