Jen Kleindienst, Sustainability Director

284 High Street, Room 104
Middletown, CT 06457
jkleindienst@wesleyan.edu
860-685-3242

STARS Evaluation

STARS (Sustainable Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System) is a transparent, self-reporting framework developed by AASHE (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education) for colleges and universities to measure their sustainability performance. STARS presents a holistic and accurate opportunity to measure qualitative and quantitative information on a number of sustainability metrics and is designed to:

Enable meaningful comparisons over time and across institutions using a common set of measurements.
Create incentives for continual improvement toward sustainability.
Facilitate information sharing about higher education sustainability practices and performance.
Build a stronger, more diverse campus sustainability community.

Wesleyan's STARS Participation

Wesleyan has completed STARS evaluations every three years since 2013. STARS publishes a detailed report including all responses on the AASHE STARS website; to make the evaluation easier to understand, the Sustainability Office has created STARS reports:

Please direct questions about STARS and Wesleyan's answers/participation to Sustainability Director Jen Kleindienst. Wesleyan will release its next STARS report in early 2029.