The College of Wooster
AC-6: Sustainability Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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Reporter |
Brian
Webb Director of Campus Sustainability President's Office |
6.1 Percentage of academic departments engaged in sustainability research
Number of academic departments engaged in sustainability research:
Annotated list or inventory of the institution’s sustainability research by department:
Description of the process used to identify the institution’s sustainability research:
I sent emails to all department chairs asking whether their department engaged in any sustainability research and for information about what type of research. I also searched our Open Works database of faculty and student research to find potentially relevant research studies. All Wooster students are required to undertake primary research projects during their senior year. These research projects are overseeing by faculty advisors.
The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following two figures:
Points earned for indicator AC 6.1:
6.2 Incentives for sustainability research
Description of the sustainability research incentives for academic staff:
The Ex Uno Fonte Fund provides financial support for faculty and/or students to pursue research that is relevant to the intersection between religion and the environment. This fund was established in 2024 and has not yet done any distributions, but it explicitly supports research in environmental sustainability and specifically mentions both faculty and student research.
More publicly accessible information is still forthcoming, but for the time being, some additional information may be found at https://wooster.edu/sustainability/education-research/
Does the institution provide incentives for students to conduct sustainability research?:
Description of the sustainability research incentives for students:
The Ex Uno Fonte Fund provides financial support for faculty and/or students to pursue research that is relevant to the intersection between religion and the environment. This fund was established in 2024 and has not yet done any distributions, but it explicitly supports research in environmental sustainability and specifically mentions both faculty and student research.
More publicly accessible information is still forthcoming, but for the time being, some additional information may be found at https://wooster.edu/sustainability/education-research/
The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:
Optional documentation
Additional documentation for this credit:
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