Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.46
Liaison Lisa Kilgore
Submission Date March 20, 2015
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Cornell University
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Lauren Chambliss
Communications Director
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
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Does the institution have an ongoing incentives program or programs that meet the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

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A brief description of the program(s), including positive outcomes during the previous three years:
In Spring, 2015, for the first time, Cornell’s Atkinson Center offered an incentive for faculty to develop cross-disciplinary courses in the sustainability field. A new faculty-in-residence fellowship at the Atkinson Center offers teaching buyout for a semester for fellows who want to focus on advancing sustainability through a number of activities, including new course development. An RFP for the fellowships went out early 2015 with the first fellowships starting in the fall semester.

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A brief description of the incentives that faculty members who participate in the program(s) receive:
The faculty-in-residence fellowship at the Atkinson Center offers teaching buyout for a semester. The fellowships will support fellows' research, writing, and teaching on topics related to sustainability.

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