Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.01
Liaison Cindy Shea
Submission Date July 18, 2014
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
AC-6: Sustainability Literacy Assessment

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.04 / 4.00 Cindy Shea
Director, Sustainability Office
Campus Enterprises
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The percentage of students assessed for sustainability literacy (directly or by representative sample) and for whom a follow-up assessment is conducted:
0

The percentage of students assessed for sustainability literacy (directly or by representative sample) without a follow-up assessment:
2

A copy of the questions included in the sustainability literacy assessment(s):
The questions included in the sustainability literacy assessment(s) :
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A brief description of how the assessment(s) were developed:

By the Sustainability Office and the Sustainability Advisory Committee


A brief description of how the assessment(s) were administered:

To 378 undergraduate students enrolled in: ENST 201- Environment and Society; ENST 208H- Reimagining the American Landscape; and BUSI 507 - Sustainable Enterprise and Social Entrepreneurship


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

Students are interested in sustainability 85% and want to learn more 92%.
They think it's important to engage in a range of sustainable behaviors.
97% understood carbon footprint, 90% triple bottom line, 88% identified renewable resources, 70% understood life-cycle assessment, 43% know how electricity is generated in NC.


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