<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">The next Sustainability Curriculum Consortium (SCC) webinar:</span><br class=""><div><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;">A learning-outcomes-based general education sustainability requirement </b><br class=""><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><div class=""><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Laura Hill, University of Vermont</b></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class="">January 30, 2018 at </b><b class="">10AM Eastern </b></span></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Register at: <<a href="http://bit.ly/2DGftlL" class="">http://bit.ly/2DGftlL</a>></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><u class="">Webinar description</u>: </span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">The University of Vermont (UVM) adopted a learning-outcomes-based general education sustainability requirement in Fall 2015. The requirement is unique because sustainability is a non-traditional general education theme, and general education requirements are routinely course-based, not learning-outcomes based. The learning-outcomes based nature of the requirement allo</span><a name="_GoBack" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"></a><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">wed us to create a flexible requirement with three options: taking a sustainability-approved course, enrolling in a sustainability curricula, or engaging in an experiential endeavor whereby the learning outcomes can be met outside of the classroom. </span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">We will present how the requirement was successfully implemented through strategic consideration of three important institutional contexts:</span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">governance structure, academic culture, and the overall institutional environment. There were 3 stages: (1) pre-operational and sustainability learning outcomes development, (2) formal process and official adoption by UVM’s Faculty Senate, and (3) implementation. </span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">As we discuss the institutional framework and the procedural steps taken, we will define key characteristics of success, including patience and genuine attention to process, deliberate and transparent action, willingness to collaborate, and an alliance of students, faculty, administrators, and staff.</span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Our case study can assist other institutions to develop their own strategies for adopting university-wide sustainability requirements. </span></div></div><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Ira Feldman<br class="">founder & managing director<br class="">Sustainability Curriculum Consortium<br class="">1-202-669-1858<br class=""><a href="mailto:ira@curriculumforsustainability.org" class="">ira@curriculumforsustainability.org</a><br class=""><a href="http://www.curriculumforsustainability.org/" class="">www.curriculumforsustainability.org</a><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class=""></div><br class=""></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div><br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""></body></html>