Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 52.81
Liaison Stephan Classen
Submission Date Oct. 14, 2021

STARS v2.2

Cascadia College
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 12.00 / 12.00 Stephan Classen
Assistant Director of Sustainable Practices
Student Learning
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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:
3

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
3

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
100

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
1

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
1

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
100

Research Inventory 

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
A description of Cascadia's research and applied projects in sustainability can be found here: http://www.cascadia.edu/discover/about/sustainability/sustainabilityresearch.aspx

We only have 3 staff and faculty doing research, because that's the true number of people doing research. Cascadia College is primarily an education focused community college - research isn't in consideration for faculty tenure or expectations. All research is done on a grant based and volunteer time basis, to support sustainability education at our campus.

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
This information is provided by Stephan Classen, Assistant Director of Sustainable Practices, who works directly with other faculty completing research related to sustainability.

As there is only one department on campus doing research, as it is only one of two bachelor's programs (Our Colleges' enrollment is only around 3000 students, with less than 50 students pursuing bachelor's degrees, research is extremely limited at Cascadia - and currently limited to the Sustainable Practices department.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Our Sustainability Department is the only one on campus doing research currently. We are primarily a 2 year associate degree focused community college, with only 2 bachelor's programs, with less than 50 students in those bachelor's programs. We have 3 staff/faculty doing research actively on campus from 2018-2020, and all of it is focused on sustainability, and creating opportunities for students to learn and gain research experience.

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