SULITEST is a program that assesses and promotes sustainability knowledge and awareness in college students. It covers four key areas: sustainable societies, human systems, transitioning to sustainability, and individual and systemic change. SULITEST can be a roadmap for developing knowledge and behaviors that lead to a more sustainable world

Billing, Tejinder Kaur

Farro, Andrea

Mirchandani, Dilip

Montalbo-Lomboy, Melissa Tabada

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Rowan University Rowan Digital Works Rohrer College of Business Faculty Scholarship Rohrer College of Business 3-27-2024 Sulitest Tejinder Kaur Billing Rowan University Andrea Farro Rowan University Dilip Mirchandani Rowan University Melissa Tabada Montalbo-Lomboy Rowan University Follow this and additional works at: https://rdw.rowan.edu/business_facpub  Part of the Business Commons, and the Environmental Studies Commons Recommended Citation Billing, Tejinder Kaur; Farro, Andrea; Mirchandani, Dilip; and Montalbo-Lomboy, Melissa Tabada, "Sulitest" (2024). Rohrer College of Business Faculty Scholarship. 117. https://rdw.rowan.edu/business_facpub/117 This Poster is brought to you for free and open access by the Rohrer College of Business at Rowan Digital Works. It has been accepted for inclusion in Rohrer College of Business Faculty Scholarship by an authorized administrator of Rowan Digital Works. SulitestSULITEST is a program that assesses and promotes sustainability knowledge and awareness.It began in 2012 and has been used in over 200,000 tests at universities around the world.It has one core module for global comparisons and 17 additional modules for local contexts.SULITEST aims to expand knowledge and commitment to building a sustainable future.It covers four key areas: sustainable societies, human systems, transitioning to sustainability, and individual and systemic change.SULITEST can be a roadmap for developing knowledge and behaviors that lead to a more sustainable world.Upper-level students performed significantly better than lower-levelstudents on the USA module (all measures). No significant differencewas found on the Core International Module (except for Changeknowledge area).Across all modules, upper-level students showed a betterunderstanding of "Change" knowledge area (what steps are beingtaken towards sustainability). This was statistically significant for bothCore (p=.010) and USA (p=.002) modules.In the Core module, upper-level students also performed significantlybetter in the "Systems" knowledge area (human-constructed systems).(p-value not specified)For the USA module specifically, upper-level students aced all knowledge areas compared to first-year students (all p-values < .03). Mid-level students only showed an advantage over first-year students in the "Transition" knowledge area (p=.023).First-year students performed consistently worse on the Core module's"Systems" and "Change" knowledge areas compared to both mid-leveland upper-level students. (p-values: Systems - .007 & .001; Change -.015)DATA and METHODSA study was conducted on 629 students from a northeastern US university.Students were from various levels (freshman to senior) and took required business courses.All students participated in an online sustainability literacy test called Sulitest.The Sulitest has two parts:International Core Module (30 questions): General sustainability knowledge.Specialized Local Module for USA (20 questions): Focuses on US-specific sustainability issues.The test assesses knowledge in four areas:Sustainability for humans and ecosystems.Global and local human systems.Transitioning to a sustainable future.Individual and systemic roles in creating change.Students are assessed on two modules: Core International Module and USA Module.For each module, students receive scores and percentages for:Core/USA (score): Points awarded based on student answers (4 points for correct, 1 point for"don't know", 0 points for wrong).Core/USA (percentage): Percentage of correct answers.Humanity, Systems, Transition, Change (percentages): Percentages of correct answers in eachknowledge area. Results ComparingLower-Level BusinessStudents and Upper-Level BusinessStudents on SulitestPerformance –Knowledge AreasResults ComparingLower LevelBusiness Studentsand Upper LevelBusiness Studentson SulitestPerformanceEngineering students outperformed management students in overall scores, overallpercentages, GLS (global and local human-constructed systems), and SHE (sustainablehumanity and ecosystems).Statistical significance was found for:Overall scores (t(96) = 2.660, p = .009)Overall percentages (t(96) = 2.666, p = .009)GLS (t(96) = 2.195, p = .031)SHE (t(96) = 2.596, p = .005)-PRESENTERS-Tejinder Billing, College of BusinessAndrea Farro, College of BusinessDilip Mirchandani, College of BusinessMelissa Tabada Montalbo-Lomboy, College of Engineering  Poster designed by ~ Advika Singh 

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