Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.84
Liaison Troy Goodnough
Submission Date June 2, 2015
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University of Minnesota, Morris
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Troy Goodnough
Sustainability Director
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution have an ongoing incentives program or programs that meet the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

A brief description of the program(s), including positive outcomes during the previous three years:

Yes, we provide grant funds for faculty to develop new sustainability-related courses via the Educational Development Program (EDP). Our mission and vision reflect our desire to grow the number of sustainability-related courses we offer. This aspiration has produced an increasing number of courses and creative work in this area. Our environmental studies program is multi-disciplinary and is actively working to add courses and colleagues to the program.


A brief description of the incentives that faculty members who participate in the program(s) receive:

Grant awards may range up to $3,000 per proposal. It is expected that salary will be the dominant budget item in EDP proposals.


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