Описание: As the curricula of higher education institutions around the world are infused with the concept of sustainability, this major contribution to the debate on good practice details a range of assessment tools for evaluating how `green` these institutions really are.
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
Автор: Johnston Название: Higher Education for Sustainability ISBN: 0415519357 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415519359 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 24499.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This edited collection provides a glimpse at the ways colleges and universities have integrated sustainability across the curriculum.
Автор: Dumestre Название: Financial Sustainability in US Higher Education ISBN: 1349949825 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349949823 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 6567.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book is a practical approach to insuring financial sustainability of US colleges, presented through the lens of organizational strategic thinking. The book does not simply offer models of how colleges can become financially sustainable in cost cutting, online education, international student recruiting, etc. Rather, it presents a succinct historical perspective of how foundational problems emerged, how some universities transformed themselves, and introduces an organizational strategic thinking process that can be used to develop unique solutions for almost any institution.
Автор: McCarty Tom Название: Six Sigma for Sustainability ISBN: 0071752447 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780071752442 Издательство: McGraw-Hill Рейтинг: Цена: 11152.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Two Six Sigma Master Black Belts show companies how to design, develop, and implement a sustainability strategy using well-established Six Sigma methodologies.
Описание: How the tools of information technology can support environmental sustainability by tackling problems that span broad scales of time, space, and complexity.
Автор: DALE W. JORGENSON Название: MEASURING ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY AND PROGRESS ISBN: 022612133X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226121338 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 17741.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The latest in the NBER`s influential Studies in Income and Wealth series, which has played a key role in the development of national account statistics in the United States and other nations, this book explores collaborative solutions between academics, policy researchers, and official statisticians to economic measurement challenges.
Автор: Thangavel; G Sridevi Название: Environmental sustainability : role of green technologies ISBN: 8132220552 ISBN-13(EAN): 9788132220558 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 19591.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Covers different categories of green technologies (e.g. biofuels, renewable energy sources, phytoremediation etc.,) in a nutshell -Focuses on next generation technologies which will help to attain the sustainable development -The chapters widely cover for students, faculties and researchers in the scientific arena of Environmentalists, Agriculturalists, Engineers and Policy Makers The World Environment Day 2012 is prepared to embrace green economy. The theme for 2012 encompasses various aspects of human living, ranging from transport to energy to food to sustainable livelihood.
Green technology, an eco-friendly clean technology contributes to sustainable development to conserve the natural resources and environment which will meet the demands of the present and future generations. The proposed book mainly focuses on renewable energy sources, organic farming practices, phyto/bioremediation of contaminants, biofuels, green buildings and green chemistry. All of these eco-friendly technologies will help to reduce the amount of waste and pollution and enhance the nation's economic growth in a sustainable manner.
This book is aimed to provide an integrated approach to sustainable environment and it will be of interest not only to environmentalists but also to agriculturists, soil scientists and bridge the gap between the scientists and policy-makers.
Автор: Goodchild Lester F. Название: Public Policy Challenges Facing Higher Education in the Amer ISBN: 1137381973 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137381972 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Public Policy Challenges Facing Higher Education in the American West is the first regional public policy study of American higher education.
Описание: This book describes the challenges ESL students in U.S. postsecondary institutions face when studying in a second language, and offers suggestions for how teachers, advisors, tutors, and institutions might provide support that meets their needs.
Название: Challenges in Higher Education Leadership ISBN: 1138884863 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138884861 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22968.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this important resource, experienced higher education presidents and senior leaders come together with respected scholars to tackle the most important and timely issues facing leaders in colleges and universities today.
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