Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 72.06
Liaison Dave Barbier
Submission Date March 22, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
AC-6: Sustainability Literacy Assessment

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 4.00 Sergio Romero
Data Analyst
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::
Standalone evaluation without a follow-up assessment of the same cohort or representative samples

A copy of the questions included in the sustainability literacy assessment(s):
A list or sample of the questions included in the sustainability literacy assessment or the website URL where the assessment tool may be found:
See file above

A brief description of how the literacy assessment was developed and/or when it was adopted:
We reviewed sample literacy assessments posted in AASHE resources and wrote our own assessment so it was relevant to our university and state issues. We included both fact-based questions and value-based questions.

Upon completion of the survey the plan the data was summarized in a executive summary style and disseminated to faculty/staff so they could view the impact of their curriculum and potentially make adjustments.

A brief description of how a representative sample was reached (if applicable) and how the assessment(s) were administered :
All current students were sent the assessments via email, Social Media and the University's Message of the Day Service and were asked to complete the survey within a two week period.

A brief summary of results from the literacy assessment(s):
2014: 1000 responses of 9~000 students - 1 month time period
2024: 275 responses of ~8000 students - two week time period - Showed a sense of general knowledge of global environmental issues but showed a lack of connection to social issues (Food access, SDGs, affected populations) Furthermore, it appears we may need to bolster our presence through social media as many did not know about about the Office of Sustainability.

With an acceptable ~10% margin of error, we believe that a minimum of respondents for this type of survey is 100, based off of a maximum of 10,000 (Over 2000 more students than what is currently enrolled).

We are most interested in responses that rate global sustainability concerns, that rank campus sustainability issues, and responses to sustainable transportation questions.
Additionally, we hope to use this survey as an opportunity to share some of the UWSP sustaianbility related resources (Social Media, Office location, Offerings).

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the sustainability literacy assessment is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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