Cornell University
AC-6: Sustainability Literacy Assessment

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	0.00 / 4.00	Dan Roth Director of the Campus Sustainability Office Energy & Sustainability

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• Credit Info

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The percentage of students assessed for sustainability literacy (directly or by representative sample) and for whom a follow-up assessment is conducted:

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Date Revised: April 21, 2015

Cornell University requested that AASHE Staff correct a mistake in this reporting field for the reason specified below.

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Explanation: We were alerted to the fact that our assessment does not follow the guidelines that AASHE provides for a "sustainability literacy assessment". Although we ask a few assessment questions, we agree that it is not enough to warrant getting points for this credit. We will work to improve our assessment for our next STARS submission.

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The percentage of students assessed for sustainability literacy (directly or by representative sample) without a follow-up assessment:

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A copy of the questions included in the sustainability literacy assessment(s):

2014 Cornell Freshman and Senior Survey Responses.pdf

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The questions included in the sustainability literacy assessment(s) :

See document attached

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A brief description of how the assessment(s) were developed:

The surveys were developed in a partnership between the Campus Sustainability Office and the Institutional Research and Planning department.

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A brief description of how the assessment(s) were administered:

The survey questions for freshman were distributed digitally to all freshmen through their residence hall staff during the first month on campus. The followup questions for seniors were integrated into the annual Senior Survey that is administered digitally to all seniors in their final month of their undergraduate experience.

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A brief summary of results from the assessment(s):

See attached document

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The website URL where information about the literacy assessment(s) is available:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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