Sustainability Assessment In Higher Education Institutions

Author : Sandra Caeiro
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3039365355
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainability Assessment in Higher Education Institutions written by Sandra Caeiro and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Special Issue, “Sustainability Assessment in Higher Education Institutions”, provides peer-reviewed research from several geographies and institutions and covering various topics with the broad objective of achieving an assessment of the effectiveness and impact of different implementation dimensions, measuring and evaluating how sustainability is being applied in practice. A set of nine papers, covering sustainability education, interdisciplinary teaching, sustainable assessment, governance strategies, commitments and practices, and social responsibility at higher education institutions, contribute significantly to this area of knowledge.

Author : Sandra Caeiro
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319023756
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainability Assessment Tools in Higher Education Institutions written by Sandra Caeiro and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contributes to debates on current sustainability practices, with a focus on assessment tools as applied in higher education institutions. These institutions are challenged to carry out management, research, and teaching, and to create settings that allow developing new competencies to address the complex global environmental, social, cultural, and economic pressures with which current and future generations are confronted. The first chapters discuss issues of sustainability in higher education, namely the role of universities in promoting sustainability and the emergent fields of sustainability science and education for sustainable development and how to integrate and motivate sustainability into the university. Subsequent chapters present examples of sustainability assessment tools specifically developed for higher education institutions, such as the AISHE – Auditing Instrument for Sustainability in Higher Education, the GASU – Graphical Assessment of Sustainability in Universities too, the STAUNCH – Sustainability tool for Auditing Universities Curricula in Higher Education. The use of other integrated tools are also presented. The papers have adopted a pragmatic approach, characterized by conceptual descriptions, including sustainability assessment and reorienting the curricula, on the one hand, and practical experiences on the other, with good practices from different edges of the world. Sustainability Assessment Tools in Higher Education Institutions will be of interest to graduate student, lecturers, researchers, and those setting university policy.

Author : Sandra Caeiro
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783039365364
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainability Assessment in Higher Education Institutions written by Sandra Caeiro and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Special Issue, “Sustainability Assessment in Higher Education Institutions”, provides peer-reviewed research from several geographies and institutions and covering various topics with the broad objective of achieving an assessment of the effectiveness and impact of different implementation dimensions, measuring and evaluating how sustainability is being applied in practice. A set of nine papers, covering sustainability education, interdisciplinary teaching, sustainable assessment, governance strategies, commitments and practices, and social responsibility at higher education institutions, contribute significantly to this area of knowledge.

Author : Marco Rieckmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783039369881
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Higher Education Institutions and Sustainable Development written by Marco Rieckmann and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainability is an urgent developmental task for our society and is attracting increasing attention. Therefore, higher education institutions (HEIs) are also called upon to deal theoretically, conceptually, methodically, critically, and reflectively with the associated challenges and the processes and conditions of transformation in order to contribute to sustainable development. How can complex organisations such as HEIs succeed in initiating and maintaining the process of sustainable development within their own institutions and make it a permanent responsibility? How can as many protagonists as possible be persuaded to get involved in sustainable development? This book deals with the promotion of sustainable university development and provides an overview of how universities can be organised sustainably and how sustainable development can be implemented in their various functional areas. In the sense of a "whole-institution approach", which encompasses entire HEIs, the focus is not only on the core areas of teaching (higher education for sustainable development) and research (sustainability in research) but, also, on the operational management of HEIs. In addition, this book focuses on sustainability governance and transfer for sustainable development at HEIs as cross-disciplinary issues.

Author : J. Paulo Davim
Publisher : Chandos Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0081003757
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainability in Higher Education written by J. Paulo Davim and published by Chandos Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-24 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Support in higher education is an emerging area of great interest to professors, researchers and students in academic institutions. Sustainability in Higher Education provides discussions on the exchange of information between different aspects of sustainability in higher education. This book includes chapter contributions from authors who have provided case studies on various areas of education for sustainability. focus on sustainability present studies in aspects related with higher education explores a variety of educational aspects from an sustainable perspective

Author : Z. Fadeeva
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 113745914X
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Development and Quality Assurance in Higher Education written by Z. Fadeeva and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-29 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To help address the challenges of sustainable development, higher education institutions must transform themselves, bringing together best practice in quality management for tertiary education with best practice in education for sustainable development. This book provides tested strategies and pathways for undertaking this successfully.

Author : Federico Rotondo
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031540263
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainability in Higher Education written by Federico Rotondo and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter H. Koehn
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315449951
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Universities and the Sustainable Development Future written by Peter H. Koehn and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study provides institutions of higher learning around the world with new and inclusive guidelines that can be applied contextually to produce credible evidence regarding the outcome and impact of their teaching, research, societal-outreach, governance, and partnering activities with regard to sustainable development. The 2015 International Year of Evaluation is behind us and post-2015 Sustainable-Development Goals are coming into play. Donors, the public, international organizations, and higher-education participants need to know if universities are advancing sustainable development. Although university involvement in sustainable-development research, teaching, and outreach has increased substantially, systematic learning from higher-education engagements has been disappointing and the extent to which university initiatives have influenced sustainable development, particularly in the Global South, is widely contested. This book presents and demonstrates the utility of a flexible framework that will inspire substantial contextually based improvements in the ways universities evaluate and, therefore, activate and improve their sustainable-development undertakings. It provides a cutting-edge resource for students, scholars, university leaders, and policy drivers at all levels of governance who are concerned with contemporary higher education, sustainable development, climate change, and evaluation challenges.

Author : Göran Finnveden
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3039219049
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Development and Higher Education Institutions written by Göran Finnveden and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higher education institutions (HEIs) have a unique role and responsibility for the future and for driving the development of a sustainable society. HEIs are charged with the task of fostering sustainability in the leaders of tomorrow, developing solutions and methods for addressing a sustainable future and ensuring that knowledge is contributed to society. HEIs must also ensure that their everyday operations and practices are consistent with a sustainable future, and that they work toward holistically integrating sustainability into both the mission of a university and its daily tasks. This Special Issue builds on papers presented during the 2018 International Sustainable Campus Network Conference and also includes other contributions. The articles reflect the many aspects of sustainability in higher education institutions and illustrate innovation in approach, outcomes, and impact. The papers cover a range of perspectives on sustainability both on and around campuses. These include organization and management issues, networking and city partnership themes, and metrics and indicators related to sustainable development goals. The Special Issue also includes papers on education, student involvement, and gender issues. Select articles include results from surveys and desktop research; others depict approaches on experimentation, living labs, and action research.

Author : Wim Lambrechts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783902959089
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research and Innovation in Education for Sustainable Development written by Wim Lambrechts and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: