Sustainability in Higher Education
Stories and Strategies for Transformation
Reeks: Urban and Industrial Environments
niet bekend
- Campus
- leaders
- describe
- how
- community
- colleges,
- publicly
- funded
- universities,
- and
- private
- liberal
- arts
- colleges
- across
- America
- are
- integrating
- sustainability
- into
- curriculum,
- policies,
- and
- programs.In
- colleges
- and
- universities
- across
- the
- United
- States,
- students,
- faculty,
- and
- staff
- are
- forging
- new
- paths
- to
- sustainability.
- From
- private
- liberal
- arts
- colleges
- to
- major
- research
- institutions
- to
- community
- colleges,
- sustainability
- concerns
- are
- being
- integrated
- into
- curricula,
- policies,
- and
- programs.
- New
- divisions,
- degree
- programs,
- and
- courses
- of
- study
- cross
- traditional
- disciplinary
- boundaries;
- Sustainability
- Councils
- become
- part
- of
- campus
- governance;
- and
- new
- sustainability
- issues
- link
- to
- historic
- social
- and
- educational
- missions.
- In
- this
- book,
- leaders
- from
- twenty-four
- colleges
- and
- universities
- offer
- their
- stories
- of
- institutional
- and
- personal
- transformation.These
- stories
- document
- both
- the
- power
- of
- leadership—whether
- by
- college
- presidents,
- faculty,
- staff,
- or
- student
- activists—and
- the
- potential
- for
- institutions
- to
- redefine
- themselves.
- Chapters
- recount,
- among
- other
- things,
- how
- inclusive
- campus
- governance
- helped
- mobilize
- students
- at
- the
- University
- of
- South
- Carolina;
- how
- a
- course
- at
- the
- Menominee
- Nation's
- tribal
- college
- linked
- sustainability
- and
- traditional
- knowledge;
- how
- the
- president
- of
- Furman
- University
- convinced
- a
- conservative
- campus
- community
- to
- make
- sustainability
- a
- strategic
- priority;
- how
- students
- at
- San
- Diego
- State
- University
- built
- sustainability
- into
- future
- governance
- while
- financing
- a
- LEED
- platinum-certified
- student
- center;
- and
- how
- sustainability
- transformed
- pedagogy
- in
- a
- lecture
- class
- at
- Penn
- State.
- As
- this
- book
- makes
- clear,
- there
- are
- many
- paths
- to
- sustainability
- in
- higher
- education.
- These
- stories
- offer
- a
- snapshot
- of
- what
- has
- been
- accomplished
- and
- a
- roadmap
- to
- what
- is
- possible.Colleges
- and
- Universities
- Covered
Arizona
- State
- University
- •
- Central
- College,
- Iowa
- •
- College
- of
- the
- Menominee
- Nation,
- Wisconsin
- •
- Curriculum
- for
- the
- Bio-region
- Project,
- Pacific
- Northwest
- •
- Drury
- University,
- Missouri
- •
- Emory
- University,
- Georgia
- •
- Florida
- A&M
- University
- •
- Furman
- University,
- South
- Carolina
- •
- Green
- Mountain
- College,
- Vermont
- •
- Kap'olani
- Community
- College,
- Honolulu,
- Hawaii
- •
- Pennsylvania
- State
- University
- •
San
- Diego
- State
- University
- •
- Santa
- Clara
- University,
- California
- •
- Slippery
- Rock
- State
- University,
- Pennsylvania
- •
Spelman
- College,
- Georgia
- •
- Unity
- College,
- Maine
- •
- University
- of
- Hawaii–Manoa
- •
- University
- of
- Michigan
- •
- University
- of
- South
- Carolina
- •
- University
- of
- South
- Florida
- •
- University
- of
- Wisconsin–Oshkosh
- •
- Warren
- Wilson
- College,
- North
- Carolina
- •
- Yale University
