| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 58.23 |
| Liaison | Sarah Williams |
| Submission Date | July 24, 2023 |
Whitman College
AC-10: Support for Sustainability Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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3.00 / 4.00 |
Sarah
Williams Sustainability Manager Office of Sustainability, Facilities Services |
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Student sustainability research incentives
Yes
A brief description of the student sustainability research program:
Students are encouraged to pursue multidisciplinary research and degree programs. At Whitman, students can link a number of different academic focuses. Examples of this can be seen with our Environmental Studies program. Within this program students from Art, History, Anthropology, Economics, and Political Science can fuse their traditional degree focus with Environmental Studies. This is mirrored within our research as students are encouraged to develop research that crosses traditional academic boundaries. In addition to the Undergraduate Conference, our Office of Fellowships supports student research through the pursuit of national scholarships, fellowships, and grants. Additionally, most majors require a thesis about environmental studies bringing in another discipline. Additionally, the Summer Whitman Internship Grant (WIG) provides funding for students to participate in unpaid summer internship experiences to which they have already been accepted. Internships must be relevant to the applicant's educational goals and career interests; these do not automatically fit our research requirement, but often they do.
Faculty sustainability research incentives
No
A brief description of the faculty sustainability research program:
No. However, we do have the Cross-Disciplinary Learning and Teaching Initiative in which groups of faculty can receive compensation for time and funds for books to develop their own cross-disciplinary topics, typically with an emphasis on teaching. Several of these have investigated topics around environmental issues, if not sustainability precisely.
Recognition of interdisciplinary, transdisciplnary and multi-disciplinary research
Yes
A copy of the promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
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The promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
The institution's policy has given more attention to interdisciplinary work. In addition to these policies, Whitman College has a number of faculty with shared positions across the college. Cross-discipline focuses are encouraged across a number of our departments (such as faculty having dual roles in Environmental Studies Department and Anthropology). MOU for these faculty was written to better prevent their being overburdened from the responsibilities of dual programs. These policies are aimed at encouraging multidisciplinary research. In addition to these actions, the institution has adopted a policy recognizing emerging forms of scholarship, including digital scholarship and open access journals.
Library support
Yes
A brief description of the institution’s library support for sustainability research:
The institution currently provides an academic repository for research conducted by our faculty. In addition to this support the library supports subscriptions to a number of sustainability journals.
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