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Applying the process of backward design in revising an environmental science program
- Georgia College & State University (GA)
The purpose of this article is to share our model of a successful curriculum reform process and provide an overview so that it can be replicated by other programs. The ...
- Posted May 5, 2017
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Re-imagining environmental science and policy graduate education for the twenty-first century using an integrative frame
- Clark University (MA)
To meet society’s need to better understand and respond to ever-more complex, interwoven problems of environment, development, and society - including environmental health risks, climate change adaptation, and sustainable development ...
- Posted May 4, 2017
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Teaching Social Research Methods on an International, Collaborative Environment & Sustainability Degree Programme: Exploring plagiarism, group work, and formative feedback
International collaboration is central to the Sustainable Development agenda given environmental challenges that span national boundaries. Education for Sustainability therefore needs to account for international/intercultural understandings, such as though ...
- Posted May 4, 2017
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Urban studies and the challenge of embedding sustainability: A review of international master programmes
The United Nations declaration of the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UN DESD, 2004–2014) advocates the need for universities to embed sustainability in all learning areas. This inquiry ...
- Posted Feb. 6, 2017
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Student Interest for Environment/Sustainability Undergraduate Programmes: Recent Australian Experience
- RMIT University
Increasingly, employers are seeing the need to have employees who have capabilities in sustainability. The hope is that there will be a sufficient number of appropriately educated people to enter ...
- Posted Jan. 27, 2017
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Applied Sustainability Education with a Systems Science Emphasis at a STEM University
- Florida Institute of Technology (FL)
In the southeastern U.S., the Sustainability Studies bachelors program at F.I.T. is one of the first of its type among STEM universities. A preliminary case study is ...
- Posted Dec. 21, 2016
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Consolidating the foundation of sustainable solutions: Rice University's Environmental Science program
- Rice University (TX)
To address environmental challenges new generations are required not only to have a solid scientific or technological basis, but to propose sustainable solutions. We often look at sustainable solutions as ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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An international Master's program in green ICT as a contribution to sustainable development
Various principles of sustainable development are currently being integrated into national policies and programs. Such principles relate to a range of aspects of human activities requiring urgent attention, including heating ...
- Posted Oct. 31, 2016
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Not All Are Created Equal: An Analysis of the Environmental Programs/Departments in U.S. Institutions of Higher Education From 1900 Until March 2014
- City University of New York, Baruch College (NY)
Environmental academic programs in U.S. institutions of higher education have traditionally lacked definition of their nature and unifying principles. In order to ascertain how these programs are presently constituted ...
- Posted Aug. 19, 2016
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College and University Environmental Programs as a Policy Problem (Part 2): Strategies for Improvement
- Yale University (CT)
- Simon Fraser University (BC)
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
- University of Alberta (AB)
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
- Bucknell University (PA)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Ursinus College (PA)
Environmental studies and environmental sciences programs in American and Canadian colleges and universities seek to ameliorate environmental problems through empirical enquiry and analytic judgment. In a companion article (Part 1 ...
- Posted Aug. 19, 2016
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Sustainability Science: Field Methods and Exercises
Describes the theory and practice of field methods in Sustainability Science, a program at a growing number of universities. This book builds up on the experience and lessons learned by ...
- Posted Aug. 8, 2016
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Online Bachelor of Arts in Sustainability at ASU
- Arizona State University (AZ)
The program explores the social and human aspects of sustainability in the context of real-world issues. Students will look at ways to solve challenges of sustainability related to the environment ...
- Posted June 21, 2016
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Ohio State University Sustainability Goals Project and Campus As A Living Laboratory Digital Archive
- The Ohio State University (OH)
Undergraduates in the Environment, Economy, Development, and Sustainability (EEDS) major at The Ohio State University (OSU) complete a capstone course where student research teams analyze specific action priorities of the ...
- Posted June 16, 2016
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Fully Online MA in Sustainable Design Program
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MN)
MCAD’s online Master of Arts in Sustainable Design (MASD) program was developed for busy working professionals and offers small classes, peer-to-peer interaction and engagement with renowned faculty. The program ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Implementing Sustainability in the Classroom at Université Laval
- Université Laval (QC)
Université Laval has embraced a global approach to sustainability education. Although sustainability has been addressed in the classroom by individuals in the past, it is now being articulated with a ...
- Posted June 9, 2016
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Campus sustainability efforts: A study of the long-term impact of college and university sustainability programs
- University of Colorado Colorado Springs (CO)
The topic of this study is a new approach to understanding the effectiveness of campus sustainability efforts at American colleges and universities. A series of national sustainability organizations rate effectiveness ...
- Posted June 8, 2016
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College students are flocking to sustainability degrees, careers
- USA TODAY (VA)
With an increased interest in the environment and growth in the "green collar" job sector, colleges and universities are beginning to incorporate sustainability into their programs. From MBAs in sustainable-business ...
- Posted May 3, 2016
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Reviewing the incidence and status of sustainability in degree programmes at Plymouth University
- University of Plymouth (Devon)
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This paper aims to present an overview of the design and implementation of a curriculum review undertaken at Plymouth University, UK, to gauge the incidence and status of sustainability ...
- Posted May 2, 2016
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Teaching and learning sustainability: An assessment of the curriculum content and structure of sustainability degree programs in higher education
- Furman University (SC)
- Lund University
Sustainability degree programs in higher education have proliferated with the emergence of sustainability as a recognized academic field. This study evaluated the curricula of English-language programs granting degrees in sustainability ...
- Posted April 17, 2016
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An Overview of Innovative Interdisciplinary Sustainability Degree Programs
- University of Virginia (VA)
This case study examines innovative degree programs that create unusual disciplinary alliances with sustainability. Integrating sustainability across the curriculum is an important goal for AASHE members. While many universities have ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Experiential, Community-based Learning and Sustainability Assessment: A Field Skills Course for Professional Degree Students
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
In 2014, the School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, launched a week-long field course for its professional Master of Sustainable Environmental Management program. Previously separate ecological and social ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Studies: Not Your Traditional Major or Minor
- Frostburg State University (MD)
Sustainability Studies does not fit well as a traditional academic major. While sustainability studies requires a unique set of skills, experiences, values and perspectives, it will not have the desired ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Doctoral Program in Sustainability Education: the Student Experience
- University of Mount Union (OH)
- Prescott College (AZ)
- Willamette University (OR)
Four recent graduates and a current student will describe their individualized approached to the PhD program in sustainability education. This panel discussion will include graduate experiences, descriptions of their individualized ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Surveying the Landscape of Sustainability Studies Programs
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
As the educational landscape of sustainability continues to emerge and transform, this presentation offers a significantly refined and expanded survey of Sustainability Studies and other similar programs in the United ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Education for Sustainability at UNAM
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DF)
- Environmental Leadership Program (MD)
The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) contributes to the formation of new generations, providing a vision that allows them to build multidisciplinary solutions for increasingly large and complex problems ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Studying Sustainability Studies: A Comparative Analysis of 42 U.S. Degree Programs
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
What does a degree in Sustainability Studies look like? Institutions of higher education are in the process of transforming their academic offerings to better equip students for the complex challenges ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Developing a Baccalaureate Degree in Sustainability in Canada
- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (AB)
The impact of sustainability in all aspects of our life is certainly an emerging trend. All industries including the construction industry are taking active initiatives to support sustainability practices. This ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Using Competencies in the Design and Assessment of Sustainability Programs
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
At Penn State University, the Sustainability Leadership Minor has been administered using a list of sustainability and leadership competencies that are the basis of the expectations of the program. Now ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Developing a Sustainability Degree with minimal resources
- University of Northern Colorado (CO)
The University of Northern Colorado developed an Environmental Studies Minor program in 1970. In 2011 it launched an interdisciplinary Environmental & Sustainability Studies Program B.A degree. While it was ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Four Approaches to Sustainability Education: One Degree
- Prescott College (AZ)
A look at doctoral programs across the United States reveals there is only one focused specifically in Sustainability Education. In its 9th year of operation, Prescott College’s Sustainability Education ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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New Kid on the Block: How Our University Launched its New Sustainability Program
- University of North Texas (TX)
Each year more and more universities and campuses realize the importance of sustainability as seen by the growth of sustainability programs, academic degrees and certifications, and professionals employed in higher ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Nature of Sharing: Collaborating across Universities to Develop Education for Sustainability Certificate Programs
- Manhattanville College (NY)
- Webster University (MO)
AASHE Proposal for 2013, Nashville, TN
Short Title: Developing EfS certificate programs
Title: The nature of sharing: Collaborating across universities to develop Education for Sustainability certificate programs
--With universities struggling ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Importance of Post Education Metrics for Academic Curriculum: Analyzing, Assessing and Sustaining Future Leaders
- University of Nevada, Reno (NV)
- Technische Universiteit Delft
Universities are tasked with educating and training the future leaders of society. This responsibility requires an appropriate mix of curriculum, activities and supporting environment so as to provide a favorable ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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If You Build it Right, They Will Come: Creating an Academic Program for Sustainability
- Auburn University (AL)
This session is appropriate for faculty as well as non-faculty directors who are interested in building an academic program. Participants will learn strategies for setting the stage, how to run ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Creating an Interdisciplinary Master of Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities
- Saint Louis University (MO)
A two year Master of Sustainability (MOS) program accepted its first group of students in the fall of 2010, leading to the first graduating class in May of 2012. The ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Multidisciplinary Model For a New Graduate Certificate in Sustainability At a Land Grant University
- University of Arkansas (AR)
This paper provides the theoretical framework for the multidisciplinary curriculum design of the newly approved graduate certificate in sustainability at a Land Grant University. A hallmark of a graduate education ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Creating a B.S. in Sustainability Science Program
- Kean University (NJ)
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, the New York Times, USA Today, and The Chronicle of Higher Education have all suggested that sustainability is a major of increasing interest among ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Sustainability Studies Minor at Roger Williams University
- Roger Williams University (RI)
Since the Fall of 2010, Roger Williams University in Bristol RI, has offered a Sustainability Studies Minor. The minor consists of three required newly-created classes for the minor and three ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Demographics and Outcomes of the Interdisciplinary Foundations of Sustainability Minor at the University of Arkansas
- University of Arkansas (AR)
In March 2011, the University of Arkansas implemented an interdisciplinary undergraduate minor in 'Foundations of Sustainability' administered under the Provost's office. The minor requires 18 hours coursework: 2 gateway ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Evaluating the Role of a Baccalaureate Degree in Sustainability and the Built Environment
- University of Florida (FL)
Our institution has created a new degree program entitled the Bachelor of Science in Sustainability and the Built Environment (BSSBE) first offered to students in Fall 2008. The degree was ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Creating and Implementing an Interdisciplinary Global Sustainability Minor at the University of Virginia
- University of Virginia (VA)
Together, a professor and student from a large public research university will discuss their successful efforts to establish an interdisciplinary Global Sustainability Minor. Participating undergraduate students from all majors learn ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Grappling with the Fallacy of Sustainability Education
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania (PA)
Sustainability education is rapidly becoming mainstream in higher education, yet this "success" is undercut by a fallacy -- that sustainability is a normal challenge that can be addressed using familiar tools ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Education for Sustainability, Not Less Unsustainability: WCU's EFS Certificate Programs
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania (PA)
This paper/presentation is for those who are drawn to the work of education for sustainability (EFS), yet who suspect that tinkering with or even overhauling what happens in formal ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Education at the Edge: A cohort model for doctoral study
- Prescott College (AZ)
The challenge for the field of Sustainability Education is how to develop and support "agents of change" who can profoundly impact and transform our educational systems and communities to produce ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Multidisciplinary Model for an Undergraduate Minor in Sustainability
- University of Arkansas (AR)
This article provides the theoretical rationale of the multidisciplinary framework for curricula in a new sustainability minor at the University of Arkansas. Sustainability is by its very nature multidisciplinary, and ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Creating a B.S. in Sustainability Science: Lessons Learned
- Kean University (NJ)
In less than 12 months, a B.S. in Sustainability Science degree proposal moved from conception to state approval at Kean University (NJ). It is the only degree of its ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Building a New Sustainability Minor: Discovering Walls and Building Alliances
- Bowling Green State University (OH)
Growing consensus about the importance of college graduates understanding the principles of sustainability is driving the creation of various academic programs and approaches. Although the President's Climate Commitment and ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Green Building Management Degree Program at SCCC: Lessons Learned
- Sullivan County Community College (NY)
Sullivan County Community College (SCCC) is a small community college in the Catskill Mountain region of NY, located less than two hours from NYC.
SCCC is committed to educating the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Lean and Green
- University of Oklahoma (OK)
The University of Oklahoma Lean Institute has recently launched a new training and certification program that applies techniques from Lean Manufacturing as tools for environmental conservation and sustainability. Since one ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Studies: an Entrepreneurial Approach
- University of Vermont (VT)
With budgets tight and competition stiff for new initiatives, it is challenging to move Sustainability Studies forward as a curriculum option. At University of Vermont, we are working on several ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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