Living/Learning/Working Environment Definitions

See Living/Learning/Working Environment Metrics
Code Metric Data Definition
E-1 Square Footage Built Total amount of square footage built; previous fiscal year
E-2 Percentage of Smart Classrooms Percentage of classrooms equipped with technology, equipment for electronic program delivery, wireless internet access, laptop plug-ins, server access; excludes classrooms within health schools; as of Aug. 31
E-3 Streetscape, Lighting Upgrades, Bike Lanes By end of FY15 upgrade streetscape, add lighting and upgrade pedestrian crossings at major intersections on campus; add bike lanes as street parking is removed from city streets
E-4 Plan for and Initiate Circulator Multi-year plan for developing (FY13 and 14) and initiating (FY15) campus circulator; steps include planning routes, preparing infrastructure, and securing equipment and services to implement system
E-5 Plan for andUpgrade Wayfinding and Arterial Gateways Multi-year plan for identifying key entry points to campus and initiating gateways and improving wayfinders for major destinations
E-6 Pounds of Recycled Paper Paper collected for recycling (office paper, cardboard, newspaper, etc.); previous fiscal year
E-7 Number of Building Setbacks for Energy Savings Number of buildings where heating and cooling equipment turned off, thermostat seasonally adjusted, or number of air exchanges within a space lowered during unoccupied times; previous calendar year
E-8 Establish Office of Sustainability Unit in place to establish plans and strategies for improving UAB's efforts to improve the environment, work toward climate neutrality, and educate the UAB community in this area
E-9 Complete Emissions Survey Survey completed for use in developing a plan and measurements for reducing emissions
E-10 Percentage Faculty Salaries at Peer Group Mean Percentage of ranked full-time faculty members (excluding instructors) at or above mean of appropriate peer group; based on previous academic year's Fall data
E-11 Percentage Faculty with Terminal Degree Common Data Set definition; total number of full-time instructional faculty with doctorate, first professional, or other terminal degree; excludes preclinical and clinical medicine, librarians, and administrators who hold faculty rank; Fall
E-12 Percentage Credit Hours Taught by Regular Instructional Faculty Percentage of Fall credit hours taught by regular instructional faculty FTE (excluding Medicine, Dentistry, and Optometry); based on previous Fall
E-13 Percentage Minority Administrators Percentage of full-time executive/administrative/managerial staff (classified as EEO-10 including UAB and Hospital), Deans, Associate/Assistant Deans, Department Chairs who are minority; Fall
E-13A Number Minority Administrators Executive/administrative/managerial staff (classified as EEO-10 including UAB and Hospital), Deans, Associate/Assistant Deans, Department Chairs who are minority, full-time; Fall
E-14 Percentage Women Administrators Percentage of full-time executive/administrative/managerial staff (classified as EEO-10 including UAB and Hospital), Deans, Associate/Assistant Deans, Department Chairs who are women; Fall
E-15 Percentage Full-time Regular Tenured or Tenure Track Faculty who are Minority Percentage of individuals with a regular full-time faculty appointment who are minority and have a tenure status of tenured or on tenure track
E-16 Percentage Full-time Regular Tenured or Tenure Track Faculty who are Women Percentage of individuals with a regular full-time faculty appointment who are female and have a tenure status of tenured or on tenure track
E-17 Number Participants in Institutional Faculty Development Activities Participants (duplicated headcount) in University-wide faculty development activities; based on previous academic year
E-18 Number Participants in Institutional Staff Training and Development Activities Participants (duplicated headcount) in University-wide staff development activities sponsored by HR Training & Dev.; excludes New Employee Orientation; based on previous academic year
E-19 Wellness Program Participants Institutionally sponsored programs, activities, and educational strategies aimed at enhancing or improving the well-being of employees in the areas of nutrition, physical activity, smoking cessation, and stress management; calendar year
E-20 Number of Visits to Campus Recreation Center Total annual visits to Center; June - May
E-21 Complete Annual Safety Audit Complete campus review with students, UAB Police, and staff to identify potential areas of safety concern that will be addressed
E-22 Enhancement of Emergency Preparedness Program Systematically update and enhance emergency operations plan to address a range of possible events to ensure most up-to-date communication technology is used