The Sustainable Endowment Institute’s new College Sustainability Report Card is being released today and there is quite a buzz in the press.
The Report Card examines and grades 100 schools across the United States and Canada on criteria including climate change policies, green building, and investment practices.
Schools are assessed in seven main categories and given a letter grade of “A” to “F” for each category. The grades are then calculated into a GPA on a 4.0 scale and an overall grade is determined based on that GPA.
Sound vaguely familiar to any students out there?
To read the full 120-page Report Card go here or to just see how your school performed, go here. For those that like reading articles….here are a few of the press hits as of 8:45am:
Colleges graded on environmental practices - USA Today
Colleges hit for lack of openness in investing - Boston Globe
Media attention also includes Tree Hugger and the Chronicle of Higher Education….
Sustainability at Colleges: Report Card Time - TreeHugger
A Sustainability Report Card - Inside Higher Ed
On Sustainability Report Card, Most Colleges Surveyed Earn Only a C - Chronicle of Higher Education
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