SHES Program Administration Michael Reiter PhD Professor & Director, B. J. Moore Center for Integrated Environmental Science Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach FL -and- Richard Smardon PhD SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus SUNY/ESF Syracuse NY

Program Evaluation & Assessment Challenges and barriers Genesis and need for assessment Existing sustainability assessment tools Global University Network in Innovation AASHE’s STARS System Environmental Management Systems Self Assessment + GEMI

Program Assessment Tools Three dimensional University Rating System by Luckman Sustainability Tool for Auditing for University Curricula in Higher-Education (STAUNCH) by Lozano Learning outcomes & competencies in Europe- Rooda, DeHaan Lambrechts & Sleurs

SHES Program Assessment Holistic thinking Systems thinking Supradisciplinary thinking Complexity thinking Temporal thinking Diversity thinking Collaboration Social learning

SHES Program Assessment

Supporting SHES faculty Challenges for large & small institutions Recruiting faculty-planning & implementation effort Mentoring and support- integration vs. specialization – how SHES faculty work Promotion & tenure considerations – assessing SHES scholarship Institution adjustment – promotion criteria, budgets & decision making

Supporting Curriculum & Program Design Holistic environmental education challenges CEDD census results – environmental science vs. problem solving vs. environmental citizen Resource rich vs. resource constrained Bigger is not always better – smaller institution innovation Pathways forward for SHES program development

Disciplinarity?

Program Design Models

Moving toward a SHES Program

Institutional Support & Recognition Dysfunction of current interdisciplinary programs Small institutions as models – Unity College (Mulkey) Larger institution experiments: Yale, Duke, UC Santa Barbara, U Wisconsin, ASU’s School of Sustainability Need for transitional structures to move toward SHES Include cultural perspectives New leadership to embrace the vision Governing bodies accept fiduciary responsibility Allocation of resources for SHES support

Institutional Support & Recognition Institutional & program recognition Early effort by the NAEP for academic centers of excellence CEDD National censuses 2004 through 2016 AASHE Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System STARS -373 rated institutions - 878 participating institutions - 726 US – 72 Canadian and 80 from other countries Kappa Alpha Omicron – International honor society in interdisciplinary environmental science/studies How do we recognize institutional movement toward SHES?