| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 80.07 |
| Liaison | Lindsey Lyons |
| Submission Date | March 5, 2021 |
Dickinson College
EN-6: Assessing Sustainability Culture
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Neil
Leary Director Center for Sustainability Education |
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Does the institution conduct an assessment of sustainability culture?:
Yes
Which of the following best describes the cultural assessment? The assessment is administered to::
The entire campus community (students and employees) directly or by representative sample
Which of the following best describes the structure of the cultural assessment? The assessment is administered::
Longitudinally to measure change over time
A brief description of how and when the cultural assessment(s) were developed and/or adopted:
Student and employee sustainability surveys were developed in spring 2018 by the Center for Sustainability Education (CSE). The surveys were administered in spring 2018 and spring 2019. The student survey included questions to assess sustainability literacy, interpretations, attitudes, engagement and practices. 12 questions concerning knowledge and understanding of key sustainability concepts and important sustainability-related trends were included in the student survey to assess sustainability literacy. The employee survey included many of the same questions but did not include questions to assess sustainability literacy.
Input to the student and employee survey instruments was obtained through consultations and meetings with students, recent alumni, faculty with expertise in survey design, CSE steering committee members, the President's Commission on Environmental Sustainability and the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, as well as from a review of surveys used by other institutions and relevant literature.
The representative samples of students and employees for 2018 and 2019 provide longitudinal data to measure and compare change in sustainability culture over time among Dickinson’s student body and employees. Comparisons are made between 2018 and 2019 and changes are noted between the two years in this report. Because cultural change is a slow process, differences between the two years are not sufficient to draw strong conclusions. However, they do provide initial longitudinal data points against which to benchmark assessments of culture change as future data are accumulated. We plan to administer the survey every two or three years in the spring semester to extend the longitudinal data series.
Input to the student and employee survey instruments was obtained through consultations and meetings with students, recent alumni, faculty with expertise in survey design, CSE steering committee members, the President's Commission on Environmental Sustainability and the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, as well as from a review of surveys used by other institutions and relevant literature.
The representative samples of students and employees for 2018 and 2019 provide longitudinal data to measure and compare change in sustainability culture over time among Dickinson’s student body and employees. Comparisons are made between 2018 and 2019 and changes are noted between the two years in this report. Because cultural change is a slow process, differences between the two years are not sufficient to draw strong conclusions. However, they do provide initial longitudinal data points against which to benchmark assessments of culture change as future data are accumulated. We plan to administer the survey every two or three years in the spring semester to extend the longitudinal data series.
A copy or sample of the questions related to sustainability culture:
A sample of the questions related to sustainability culture or the website URL where the assessment tool is available:
The employee survey instrument is uploaded to the link above.
A brief description of how representative samples were reached (if applicable) and how the cultural assessment is administered:
Random samples of 1000 students and 500 employees were invited to participate in the surveys in both years. The samples are representative of the entire populations of students and employees. 195 students responded to the survey in 2019 and 214 in 2019. 128 employees responded in 2018 and 226 responded in 2019. The surveys were administered by Dickinson’s Center for Sustainability Education with support from the Office of Institutional Effectiveness.
A brief summary of results from the cultural assessment:
A summary of the cultural assessment can be found online: https://www.dickinson.edu/info/20052/sustainability/4134/sustainability_literacy_and_culture
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