| Overall Rating | Reporter - expired |
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| Overall Score | |
| Liaison | Troy Goodnough |
| Submission Date | Feb. 28, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Minnesota, Morris
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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Reporter |
Troy
Goodnough Sustainability Director Office of Sustainability |
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Does the institution have an ongoing program or programs that offer incentives for faculty in multiple disciplines or departments to develop new sustainability courses and/or incorporate sustainability into existing courses?:
Yes
A brief description of the program(s), including positive outcomes during the previous three years (e.g. descriptions of new courses or course content resulting from the program):
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.
Also, funding via the Sustainability Leadership Fellows for the Future program helped to fund curricular development.
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