| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 60.66 |
| Liaison | Enid Cardinal |
| Submission Date | March 30, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Rochester Institute of Technology
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Enid
Cardinal Senior Sustainability Advisor to the President Office of the President |
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Does the institution have an ongoing program or programs that offer incentives for faculty in multiple disciplines or departments to develop new sustainability courses and/or incorporate sustainability into existing courses?:
Yes
A brief description of the program(s), including positive outcomes during the previous three years (e.g. descriptions of new courses or course content resulting from the program):
The Provost’s Learning Innovations Grants (PLIG) program was developed to broaden and enrich the learning experience of RIT students by funding faculty-initiated projects that enhance student learning. In the past these grants have been used to explore the development of a sustainability learning community, redesign a graduate communication class to determine the effectiveness of visual prompts for energy conservation, and most recently to develop a climate change immersion and minor.
A brief description of the incentives that faculty members who participate in the program(s) receive:
Provost’s Learning Innovations Grants may range from $1,000-$5,000.
Examples of the use of funds for include:
* Course release (reasonable, actual replacement costs for full-time, tenured or tenure-track faculty members removed from teaching)
* Development of new technology-based learning tools and/or environments
* Technologies or equipment required by the project that are not normally provided by the department/college
* Resources for research design and consultation, data collection and aggregation, instrument development and/or purchase, secure data storage, data analysis, and report generation
* Travel to support research activity and/or meet with potential funding sources
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