| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 72.78 |
| Liaison | Troy Goodnough |
| Submission Date | Feb. 10, 2022 |
University of Minnesota, Morris
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Troy
Goodnough Sustainability Director Office of Sustainability |
Does the institution have an ongoing program that offers incentives for academic staff in multiple disciplines or departments to develop new sustainability courses and/or incorporate sustainability into existing courses? :
A brief description of the incentive program(s):
UMN Morris provides grant funds for faculty to develop new sustainability-related courses via the Curriculum Innovation Grant (CIG) program. Our goal is to grow the number of sustainability-related courses we offer.
https://committees.morris.umn.edu/curriculum-development
"Multi-disciplinary team-taught courses that fulfill general education requirements or contribute to the Honors Program (subject to review by the director of that program) are especially encouraged, as are courses that address key features of the UMN Morris experience, such as sustainability."
UMN Morris faculty also participate in the UMN IonE Educator Program. This program is for faculty at all campuses in the University of Minnesota system.
http://environment.umn.edu/fellows-grants/ione-educators/
A brief description of the incentives that academic staff who participate in the program(s) receive:
CIG program grant awards may range up to $3,000 per proposal.
UMN IonE Educator program provides faculty support.
Website URL where information about the incentives for developing sustainability course content is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
From UMM Academic Dean (2020):
Curriculum Innovation Grants provide support for creative proposals for new or substantially-revised courses that will help our campus thrive in the years ahead. Two or three faculty, individually, in pairs, or even in small teams (particularly as the fund grows) will receive $1500-$3000 (usually) in summer pay to design or redesign a course in such a way that heightens its Morris liberal arts distinctiveness and moves beyond the regular responsibilities for program development that faculty have.
From UMM Academic Dean (2020):
Curriculum Innovation Grants provide support for creative proposals for new or substantially-revised courses that will help our campus thrive in the years ahead. Two or three faculty, individually, in pairs, or even in small teams (particularly as the fund grows) will receive $1500-$3000 (usually) in summer pay to design or redesign a course in such a way that heightens its Morris liberal arts distinctiveness and moves beyond the regular responsibilities for program development that faculty have.
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