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

2. 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

3. 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

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

5. SHES Program Assessment

6. 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

7. 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

8. Disciplinarity?

9. Program Design Models

10. Moving toward a SHES Program

11. 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

12. 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 participating institutions 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?