| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 67.84 |
| Liaison | Noah Upchurch |
| Submission Date | March 1, 2024 |
Catawba College
AC-9: Research and Scholarship
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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10.89 / 12.00 |
Noah
Upchurch Senior Sustainability Specialist Center for the Environment |
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Part 1. Sustainability research
86
Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
23
Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
26.74
Part 2. Sustainability research by department
18
Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
11
Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
61.11
Research Inventory
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
Please see the attached file.
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
The Total Number of Employees that Conduct Research figure was counted as the total number of faculty for which research is considered in tenure or promotion. Adjunct faculty are not adjudicated based on research performance, so they were not included in the Total Number of Employees that Conduct Research figure, nor were they included in screening for Sustainability-Focused Research.
Faculty that qualify under the above criteria were surveyed for their research participation and research topics. The College's Sustainability Specialist reviewed responses, cleaned response data, and validated entries where possible.
To identify sustainability research, faculty were instructed to mark whether their research directly addressed one of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainability research was defined as research that looks to address at least one of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and features a focus on the interconnection of socio-economic and ecological issues.
Faculty that qualify under the above criteria were surveyed for their research participation and research topics. The College's Sustainability Specialist reviewed responses, cleaned response data, and validated entries where possible.
To identify sustainability research, faculty were instructed to mark whether their research directly addressed one of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainability research was defined as research that looks to address at least one of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and features a focus on the interconnection of socio-economic and ecological issues.
Optional Fields
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Responses represent a 52% response rate from targeted faculty. The only unrepresented department within the research inventory that is present in the instruction of coursework is Mathematics & Computer Science. The research presence of the College was limited in some part over this time period due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
This credit area submission has remained the same since last year's report since a research survey has been completed within the last three years.
This credit area submission has remained the same since last year's report since a research survey has been completed within the last three years.
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