Webinar: Key findings and reflections from AASHE’s 2026 Higher Education Sustainability Staffing Survey & Report
Join us for a discussion on insights from AASHE’s new report: Salaries & Status of Sustainability Professionals in Higher Education 2026! A panel of higher education sustainability professionals will join the report author for a discussion around the key findings from the latest report:
- Sustainability staff are facing new challenges.
- Despite serious threats, the field of higher education sustainability is resilient and shows signs of continued development.
- The nature of sustainability work is evolving.
- The role is becoming older, increasingly female, and is diversifying slowly.
- Inequities in compensation and funding remain stubbornly persistent.
Published every three years, this report examines the nature of sustainability positions at colleges and universities from around the world, providing insights into salaries, funding, supervision, job satisfaction, challenges, and more.
Join the conversation to learn how this report can help you advance in your sustainability position!
Presenters
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Monika Urbanski, Senior Manager, Data Quality, Resources and Publications, AASHE Monika (she/her) joined AASHE in Summer 2011 and manages AASHE publications, resources and STARS data quality. Monika manages the analysis and development of several regular publications, including the Sustainable Campus Index and Sustainability Staffing Survey. Over her nearly 15-year career with AASHE, Monika has contributed to over 30 AASHE publications. Before her time at AASHE, Monika worked in institutional research, planning and assessment at Frostburg State University. During that time, she helped launch the University’s Learning Green, Living Green (LGLG) sustainability initiative and developed LGLG’s first climate action plan. Monika holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s degree in Foreign Languages from Frostburg State. |
