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n the changing world of higher education, long-term impact of faculty development programs is often difficult to gauge. Sixteen years after its initiation, the Tufts Environmental Literacy Institute (TELI) created a legacy of a vibrant intellectual community from the first five years of its existence. On a visit to Tufts University in the fall of 2006, Peggy Barlett learned that despite the twelve years that had elapsed, a group of 70–80 faculty are engaged in environmental issues, and the university now offers twenty-one different environmental degrees. Said one faculty member of the remaining TELI alumni, “It’s quite an amazing group.”