Higher education and sustainable development : paradox and possibility /
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2007.
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| Series: | Key issues in higher education series.
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Table of Contents:
- What is higher education for?
- Sustainable development and the free society
- Sustaining development
- Case study one - an international initiative in higher education management : university leaders for a sustainable future (USLF)
- Case study two - a United Nations environment programme initiative : mainstreaming environment and sustainability in African universities (MESA)
- Case study three - a UNESCO initiative : re-orienting teacher education to address sustainability
- Case study four - sustainable development and higher education management : the work of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
- Case study five - Russian interpretation of sustainability and its reflection in higher education / Nikolai S. Kasimov, Yuri L. Mazurov
- Case study six - sustainability in management education : an initiative in sustainable procurement training
- Case study seven - sustainability in engineering education : the Royal Academy of Engineering visiting professors scheme
- The case studies : clarity and confusion
- The environment in sustainable development and higher education
- Society in sustainable development and higher education
- Economy in sustainable development and higher education
- Individual learning in higher education
- Collective learning in higher education
- Linking learning and research
- Managing sustainable development in higher education : context and principles
- Managing change
- Managing across the organisational boundary
- Higher education and sustainable development : an identity of interest?