Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.92
Liaison Gretchen Vanicor
Submission Date June 22, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of Louisiana at Lafayette
AC-10: Support for Sustainability Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 4.00 Joe Nelson
Grad Assistant
Sustainability
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Student sustainability research incentives 

Does the institution have an ongoing program to encourage students in multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:
No

A brief description of the student sustainability research program:
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Faculty sustainability research incentives 

Does the institution have a program to encourage academic staff from multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:
No

A brief description of the faculty sustainability research program:
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Recognition of interdisciplinary, transdisciplnary and multi-disciplinary research 

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?:
No

A copy of the promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
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The promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
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Library support

Does the institution have ongoing library support for sustainability research and learning?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s library support for sustainability research:
The the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Library has two sustainability research guides: The first guide provides a basic understanding of sustainability, a link to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's sustainability strategic plan, and links resources (journals and databases) that can be used when conducting sustainability research (https://louisiana.libguides.com/c.php?g=1097246). The second guide provides links to government resources on sustainability research (https://louisiana.libguides.com/sustainability_gov/welcome). The library also offers ongoing research assistance for students, faculty and staff through individual meetings with librarians as well as a chat feature on the library website.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for sustainability research is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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