Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	72.78
Liaison	Troy Goodnough
Submission Date	Feb. 10, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Minnesota, Morris
AC-6: Sustainability Literacy Assessment

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	4.00 / 4.00	Troy Goodnough Sustainability Director Office of Sustainability

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Does the institution conduct an assessment of the sustainability literacy of its students?:

Yes

Which of the following best describes the literacy assessment? The assessment is administered to::

The entire (or predominate) student body, directly or by representative sample

Which of the following best describes the structure of the assessment? The assessment is administered as a::

Pre- and post-assessment to the same cohort or to representative samples in both a pre- and post-test

A copy of the questions included in the sustainability literacy assessment(s):

AASHE_STARS-_Sustainability_Literacy_Assessment-SLA-_response-_2020.pdf

A list or sample of the questions included in the sustainability literacy assessment or the website URL where the assessment tool may be found:

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A brief description of how the literacy assessment was developed and/or when it was adopted:

We surveyed the public domain for questions used by other schools and selected questions we believed would work well for our institution and context. We also created some new questions that were more directly related to our location in Minnesota.

A brief description of how a representative sample was reached (if applicable) and how the assessment(s) were administered :

UMN Morris sends the sustainability literacy assessment to ALL incoming freshman and graduating seniors. In this way, we survey the entire student body at intervals that allow for comparison.

A brief summary of results from the literacy assessment(s):

We receive both quantitative and qualitative information from the sustainability literacy assessment. In general, we have learned that students are increasing their sustainability literacy via classes, engagement with fellow students, internships, and specific mentors.

Website URL where information about the sustainability literacy assessment is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Example of email sent to graduating seniors:

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Troy Goodnough <good0044@morris.umn.edu>
Date: Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 3:09 PM
Subject: From Troy: Please take the UMN Morris sustainability culture and literacy survey + jobs/MN GreenCorps applications close on June 15.
To:

Dear UMN Morris graduate!

Congratulations on completing (or nearly completing) your studies at the University of Minnesota Morris!

I need your help to support our campus sustainability efforts.

I am sending you a link to the Morris Sustainability Literacy Assessment (MSLA) linked below.

The MSLA is a survey containing about 30 multiple choice and two short answer questions that are designed to assess sustainability culture at Morris and ask some sustainability literacy questions.

By completing the MSLA you will help UMN Morris improve its curricula and programming so that the students following in your footsteps will have the best experience and education possible.

Thank you for participating in the MSLA and for helping to improve our educational efforts at UMN Morris.

The MSLA can be accessed by clicking on the following link:

MSLA 2021 SENIOR SURVEY

Sincerely,

Troy

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Troy Goodnough (he/him/his)
Sustainability Director | Office of Sustainability | morris.umn.edu/sustainability

Institute on the Environment Fellow
Welcome Center 207, 600 East 4th Street, Morris, MN 56267
University of Minnesota, Morris | morris.umn.edu
good0044@morris.umn.edu | 814-322-6531

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