Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.90
Liaison Paul Mathisen
Submission Date April 16, 2015
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
AC-5: Immersive Experience

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 John Orr
Professor
Liberal Arts & Computer Engineering
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Does the institution offer at least one immersive, sustainability-focused educational study program that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

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A brief description of the sustainability-focused immersive program(s) offered by the institution:
From renewable energy to clean water to economic development, the Global Projects Program (GPP), WPI's signature study away program for undergraduates, has provided 10,000+ students with global opportunities for project-based learning over the past 40 years. At more than 40 Project Centers across the globe, WPI students collaborate with faculty advisors and sponsor organizations to develop projects that help solve pressing problems. Each year, many of these project opportunities relate directly to sustainability.

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The website URL where information about the immersive program(s) is available:
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