Santa Clara University
PAE-2: Strategic Plan

2011 "Justice and Sustainability" is one of 5 Strategic Priorities and Goals of the 2011 Strategic Plan. The document calls SCU to "model how a Jesuit university can contribute to sustainability and justice through its service, operations, and outreach." The Plan includes mention of achieving carbon neutrality and using the metrics and targets defined in the University's Climate Neutrality Action Plan to measure environmental sustainability. 2001 Our 2001 Strategic Plan called SCU to "Incorporate international, multicultural, gender, environmental, and ethical issues and perspectives in the curriculum and co-curriculum." Also, Future Directions Conversations which accompany the 2001 Strategic Plan include numerous mentions of environmental sustainability. A Theme Paper is dedicated to "The Environment and Ecological Sustainability."

2011 "Justice and Sustainability" is one of 5 Strategic Priorities and Goals of the 2011 Strategic Plan. The document calls SCU to "illustrate the connections among a healthy environment, just societies, and a vibrant economy that meet all people’s fundamental needs, especially those of the global poor." The Plan includes mention of increasing curricular and co-curricular learning as well as a substantial research focus specific to sustainability and justice. 2001 The Strategic Vision of our 2001 Strategic Plan states: "Santa Clara University will excel in educating men and women to be leaders of competence, conscience, and compassion. By combining teaching and scholarship of high quality, an integrated education in the Jesuit tradition, and a commitment to students as persons, we will prepare them for professional excellence, responsible citizenship, and service to society, especially on behalf of those in greatest need."

2011 "Justice and Sustainability" is one of 5 Strategic Priorities and Goals of the 2011 Strategic Plan. The document calls SCU to "illustrate the connections among a healthy environment, just societies, and a vibrant economy that meet all people’s fundamental needs, especially those of the global poor." The plan defines sustainability "as involving three components: environmental protection, economic development, and social development." 2001 The Strategic Vision of our 2001 Strategic Plan addresses economic dimensions of sustainability: "Santa Clara University will excel in educating men and women to be leaders of competence, conscience, and compassion. By combining teaching and scholarship of high quality, an integrated education in the Jesuit tradition, and a commitment to students as persons, we will prepare them for professional excellence, responsible citizenship, and service to society, especially on behalf of those in greatest need." Also, Future Directions Conversations which accompany the 2001 Strategic Plan include numerous mentions of economic dimensions of sustainability. Theme papers address entrepreneurial education for people from rural areas, educating students about poverty and globalization as important solidarity issues of the 21st century, and teaching students to develop "solutions applicable to the economies of the developing world... [which] would contribute to the university’s goal of healing economic disparities."