Xavier University
AC-6: Sustainability Research
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6.1 Percentage of academic departments engaged in sustainability research
Number of academic departments engaged in sustainability research:
Annotated list or inventory of the institution’s sustainability research by department:
Description of the process used to identify the institution’s sustainability research:
Professors who self-reported their sustainability research or were culled from College of Arts and Sciences annual review process on Faculty 180.
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Points earned for indicator AC 6.1:
6.2 Incentives for sustainability research
Description of the sustainability research incentives for academic staff:
Does the institution provide incentives for students to conduct sustainability research?:
Description of the sustainability research incentives for students:
Bruegeman Fellows. Research goal is that the students will learn about a topic of their choosing from a global perspective. Offers up to 10 students each year the chance to combine a year of intensive independent study with an international immersion experience. The program is highly competitive and draws from graduate and undergraduate students from all three colleges and a wide range of disciplines. Typically a third of Fellows choose a sustainability-related topic.
Students in Sustainability programs are encouraged to pursue sustainability-related internships, and agree to pursue a senior thesis on a sustainability-related topic.
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Optional documentation
Additional documentation for this credit:
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