Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 59.79
Liaison Chris Bond
Submission Date Aug. 2, 2011
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Unity Environmental University
PAE-2: Strategic Plan

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 6.00 / 6.00 Jesse Pyles
Sustainability Coordinator
Sustainability
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Year the strategic plan or equivalent was completed or adopted:
2,006

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:

Environmental sustainability, stewardship, and awareness are at the core of Unity's mission. The strategic plan adopted in 2006, focuses heavily on instilling core environmental values in the Unity community through academic excellence, effective leadership, and community support.

In its "Five Year Vision for Unity College," the Strategic Plan suggests among other things that "Unity will be recognized for...
a focused, liberal arts experience that
• stresses knowledge-based environmental leadership and responsibility; • offers diverse, rigorous, and authentic environmental programs;"


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:

In its "Five Year Vision for Unity College," the Strategic Plan suggests among other things that "Unity will be recognized for...
students who
• make up a community that is balanced in gender and diverse in such factors as environmental attitude, geographic origin, cultural background, and socioeconomic status;
• are connected to and serve community;"


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:

In its "Five Year Vision for Unity College," the Strategic Plan suggests among other things that "Unity will be recognized for...
a diverse financial base that
- allows us to meet the needs of our students,
- provides for competitive salaries with quality benefits, and
- encourages investment in the future of the college while permitting strategic risk taking."

It further emphasizes the development of a campus infrastructure that will "model environmental sustainability for communities and individuals of modest means;"


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