Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.45
Liaison Lisa Kilgore
Submission Date Jan. 27, 2012
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Cornell University
PAE-21: Sustainability in Continuing Education

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 7.00 / 7.00 Amanda Kittelberger
Communications Manager
Land Grant Affairs
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Does the institution offer continuing education courses that are focused on or related to sustainability?:
Yes

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Number of sustainability continuing education courses offered :
24,280

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Total number of continuing education courses offered:
113,229

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Does the institution have a sustainability-related certificate program through its continuing education or extension department?:
Yes

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A brief description of the certificate program:
Master Gardener http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/education/mgprogram/ Master Composter http://ccetompkins.org/garden/composting/become-master-composter Northeast Beginning Farmers Trainings – Small Farms Program http://nebeginningfarmers.org/online-courses/ Certificate in Plant Based Nutrition http://www.ecornell.com/certificate-programs/co-branded-programs-training/certificate-in-plant-based-nutrition/crt/TCCC01

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Year the certificate program was created:
2,006

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The website URL where information about sustainability in continuing education courses is available :
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The bulk of our continuing education sustainability courses are delivered through the Cornell Cooperative Extension System located in all counties across the state. The "courses" documented here are non-credit instructional activities that take various forms including local workshops, guided tours, field demonstrations, and public fora. Topical areas include Connecting People to the Land, Sustainable Agriculture Practices, Natural Resource Management, Water Resource Management, Waste Management, and Sustainable Energy/Consumer Energy. The source of this data is our internal annual program activity reporting system.

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