Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 36.11
Liaison Diane Fout
Submission Date April 23, 2013
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STARS v1.2

Transylvania University
ER-13: Sustainability Literacy Assessment

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 2.00 Angela Poe
Sustainability Director
Sustainability
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Has the institution conducted a sustainability literacy assessment?:
Yes

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Did the assessment include a baseline evaluation of students and then a follow-up evaluation of the same cohort?:
No

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A copy of the questions included in the sustainability literacy assessment:
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A copy of the questions included in the sustainability literacy assessment :
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A brief description of how the assessment was developed:
Questions were selected to cover knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors on a variety of sustainability-related topics. There were also general questions about sustainability.

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A brief description of how the assessment was administered:
A random sample of 200 students was selected. A similar survey was administered to a random sample of faculty and staff.

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A brief summary of results from the assessment:
One of the most shocking results was that students didn't understand the hierarchy of reduce, reuse, recycle. They thought they were all equally positive actions. (This held true for faculty and staff as well.)

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