Higher education and sustainable development : paradox and possibility /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gough, Stephen, 1953-
Other Authors: Scott, William, 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
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?