Kudos - Great Lakes Colleges
Great Lakes colleges fared well on separate lists from two prestigious magazines that
ranked the top green colleges of the U.S. and Canada. The Sierra Club ranked
five Great Lakes colleges in its top 100—SUNY
College of Environmental Science and Forestry (#3), Grand
Valley State University (#59), Michigan State University (#66), University of Michigan (#71) and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (#92). The Princeton
Review ranked three—SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (#2), Michigan
State University (#19) and Grand Valley State University (#38).
Both publications use the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS), which comes from Association
for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, as criteria for
their rankings. Schools must have a valid STARS 2.0 or 2.1 rating of bronze,
silver, gold or platinum to be considered in the ranking on both lists. The
STARS rating is used by more than 800 schools in 30 countries. Participants
report achievements in academics, engagement, operations, planning and
administration, and innovation and leadership.