Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 64.03
Liaison Katie Beitz
Submission Date March 3, 2023

STARS v2.2

Oklahoma State University
EN-6: Assessing Sustainability Culture

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 1.00 Kristeena Blaser
Sustainability Coordinator
Energy Services
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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::
Without a follow-up assessment of the same cohort or representative samples of the same population

A brief description of how and when the cultural assessment(s) were developed and/or adopted:
Was developed in collaboration with Dr. Karen Hickman, Program Director for the Undergraduate Environmental Sciences program, as well as with University Testing & Assessment. It was administered for the first time in the fall of 2021.

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:
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A brief description of how representative samples were reached (if applicable) and how the cultural assessment is administered:
University Testing and Assessment chose to administer the assessment to the Ferguson College of Agriculture students for its first trial period.

A brief summary of results from the cultural assessment:
It contained 25 items on a 5-point Likert scale. Items 1-14 were on a frequency scale while 15-25 were on an agreement scale. There were two open ended questions that asked: "what are some sustainability related initiatives that you would like to see on OSU's campus?" and "what additional information would you like to know OSU to know about your thoughts on sustainability?" Data collection yielded 604 responses, with 582 in the final data set. A total of 588 open-ended comments were recorded over the two questions. After removing comments like "n/a" or "no," 496 open-ended comments were used for qualitative analysis.

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Website URL where information about the assessment of sustainability culture is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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