| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 46.66 |
| Liaison | Meghna Tare |
| Submission Date | Feb. 1, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Texas at Arlington
ER-13: Sustainability Literacy Assessment
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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1.00 / 2.00 |
Meghna
Tare Director Office of Sustainability |
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Has the institution conducted a sustainability literacy assessment?:
Yes
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Did the assessment include a baseline evaluation of students and then a follow-up evaluation of the same cohort?:
No
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A copy of the questions included in the sustainability literacy assessment:
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A copy of the questions included in the sustainability literacy assessment :
1. Do you and /or your department participate in UT Arlington's recycling program?
2. Which items do you mostly recycle?
Paper, Plastic, Aluminum, Electronic Waste, Other (please specify)
3. Are you aware of the Maverick Bike Shop?
4. Did you know that you do not have to be a student to utilize the services of the Maverick Bike Shop
5. Were you aware that UT Arlington had an electronic waste recycling event in November 2011
6. Did you or your department recycle any items in this event?
7. The Office of Sustainability is considering having a shredding event on campus. Would you participate in this event?
8. How often would you like to see either an electronic waste event or shredding event?
9. Are you a member of the Maverick Office Green Team?
10. Are you aware of the campus sustainability efforts?
11. Do you and/or your department participate in UT Arlington’s recycling program.
12. Are you aware that the office of sustainability offers programs like car sharing and bike rental?
13. Does the Maverick Bike Shop have the parts and/or accessories for your bicycle riding style?
14. Did you or your department recycle electronic waste during the recycling event in November 2011?
15. The Office of Sustainability is considering having a shredding event on campus. Would you participate in this event?
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A brief description of how the assessment was developed:
Survey Monkey annual license is purchased by the Office of Sustainability to conduct these surveys on a regular interval
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A brief description of how the assessment was administered:
Student volunteers offered the survey on ipad to students in the library, Maverick Activity Center, University Center. The survey was also sent out in the campus online newsletter to students and faculty.
http://www.uta.edu/ucomm/internalcommunications/mavwire/2012/apr30.php
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A brief summary of results from the assessment:
1) About 75% of respondents have participated in recycling program directly or indirectly by recycling.
2) About 59.1% of the respondents did not recycle electronic waste during recycling event in Nov 2011 for following reasons:
- They were not aware of the event
- They had already discarded electronic waste and had nothing to recycle
- They were not present on-campus during event
- They had heard about the event but did not know where to go and participate
- Didn’t know whom to contact and how to contact for queries
3) 79.5% of the respondents were willing to participate in the shredding event on campus. I
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The website URL where information about the literacy assessment is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Multiple surveys were conducted to assess the transportation programs, recycling, efficiency of the Bike program, and also for writing the Sustainability Action Plan for UTA
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