Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 46.93
Liaison Kevin Salfen
Submission Date Oct. 21, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of the Incarnate Word
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Kevin Salfen
Co-Director, Office of Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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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? :
Yes

A brief description of the incentive program(s):
A 3-day workshop for faculty, available permanently as a module through our learning management system, with materials to encourage faculty to develop new sustainability courses or to incorporate sustainability into existing courses, in part to support the Concentration in Sustainability Studies.

A brief description of the incentives that academic staff who participate in the program(s) receive:
$100-300 available to faculty who apply something from the workshop in curricular design, which may include service learning.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the incentives for developing sustainability course content is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Attachment: Agenda for the Sustainability Studies Faculty Workshop

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