Gough, Stephen

Scott, William

Higher education and sustainable development: paradox and possibility.

London

2007

9780415416528

9780203938423

The 'Key Issues in Higher Education' series aims to raise both awareness and the. standards of debate on the fundamental issues that lie at the very heart of higher. education and intends to assist national and international debate. Higher Education and Sustainable Development examines whether it is actually possible to mandate, plan, monitor and evaluate the higher education sector's route to the production of educated, innovative, independent, self-determining, critical individuals while at the same time achieving a range of wider policy goals on the side. This book examines this question in.

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

What is higher education for?

Sustainable development and the free society

Sustaining development. An international initiative in higher education management: university leaders for a sustainable future (USLF)

A United Nations environment programme initiative: mainstreaming environment and sustainability in African universities (MESA)

A Unesco initiative: re-orienting teacher education to address sustainability

Sustainable development and higher education management: the work of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)

Russian interpretation of sustainability and its reflection in higher education

Sustainability in management education: an initiative in sustainable procurement training

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?

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