Centers for Sustainability Across the Curriculum - AASHE Programs
AASHE is a membership-based association inspiring higher education institutions for global sustainability. It offers key programs like STARS and Annual Conferences to promote campus sustainability. Motivation for Centers includes increasing courses with sustainability themes. Existing resources show success in implementing curriculum change. See commitment and role details for Centers in promoting faculty training programs.
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Centers for Sustainability Across the Curriculum Julian Dautremont-Smith June 26, 2018
About AASHE Mission: To inspire and catalyze higher education to lead the global sustainability transformation A membership-based association of colleges & universities working to create a sustainable future. About 1000 members mostly in US and Canada. Professional home for campus sustainability staff. But we offer resources for everyone in higher education: faculty, students, staff, administrators. 2
Key Programs + Services STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System): https://stars.aashe.org/ AASHE s Annual Conference: http://conference.aashe.org Campus Sustainability Hub: http://hub.aashe.org Professional Development opportunities: http://www.aashe.org/events-education/ AASHE newsletters: http://www.aashe.org/connect/ Online community: http://community.aashe.org 3
Motivation for Centers Ensuring that all students have the knowledge, skills, and motivation to be leaders for sustainability will require dramatic increase in the number of courses that incorporate sustainability themes. Many faculty members need tools and training to effectively integrate sustainability themes into their courses.
Existing Resources Annual AASHE Sustainability Across the Curriculum Leadership Workshops had trained several hundred faculty in the Ponderosa Project and Piedmont Project model of curriculum change. Dozens of institutions are successfully implementing the model (and alternative approaches!) on their campuses.
Center Commitments Organize at least one faculty training program annually open to faculty from other institutions. Develop the content and pedagogy for each program. Help promote their program. Manage registration and other logistics. Provide attendance/evaluation data to AASHE. Share resources via Campus Sustainability Hub.
AASHEs Role Promote Center programs to AASHE s networks. Develop materials to used by Centers (e.g., participation certificates, evaluation surveys, etc). Coordinate the network of Centers and facilitate learning across it. Provide recognition and visibility for Centers.
Year 1 Attendance Total # of Participants 30 14 12 33 15 17 21 21 27 20 12 6 13 198 Particip. from other inst. 25 3 6 3 12 8 14 17 12 18 11 2 10 107 % from other inst. 83% 21% 50% 9% 80% 47% 67% 81% 44% 90% 92% 33% 77% 54% Center Western Washington University / Seattle University Johnson County Comm. College / University of Kansas Colorado College University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Ramapo College of New Jersey Dickinson College Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (2 events) Moraine Valley Community College Fleming College University of California Furman University Central College University of South Carolina TOTAL
Year 1 Participant Ratings Center Av. Rating 4 Colorado College Ramapo College of New Jersey Dickinson College Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Moraine Valley Community College University of California Furman University 3.6 3.93 4 3.53 3.83 3.85
New Centers for 2018 University of Hawai i System Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Future Plans Improve coordination and collaboration among Centers. Follow up surveys of participants. Continue to grow the number of Centers strategically.
