Academics

Sustainability Master Plan 2025

ACADEMICS

GOAL: Equip more students (undergraduate, graduate and professional) with knowledge and skills to address global sustainability challenges in collaboration with faculty.

 

 

 

STRATEGIES

Progress updates will start in 2026. 

Actions for each strategy have been identified and will be prioritized on an annual basis by the implementation team.

S1 Curriculum: Determine a baseline and target increase for the percentage of students who graduate having completed coursework, including Experiential Learning Requirements (ELRs), that includes sustainability-focused learning outcomes by 2028, such that at least 50% of graduates meet this criterion by 2035.

S2 Engaged & Experiential Learning: Establish a baseline for student participation in sustainability-focused engaged and experiential learning, both on campus and with community partners, by 2030 and increase student participation by 10% by 2035.

S3 Research & Creative Inquiry: Determine a baseline and target increase for the percentage of academic departments engaged in sustainability research and creative inquiry, including faculty-mentored student research and course-embedded research, by 2028, such that at least 85% of academic departments meet this criterion by 2035.

S4 Tracking: Design and implement methods to track involvement of students, faculty and staff in sustainability-focused curriculum, sustainability-focused engaged and experiential learning, and sustainability research and creative inquiry experiences by 2030 and provide annual reports of involvement.