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Sustainability Surveys for Program Enhancement
- Indiana State University (IN)
- College of Charleston (SC)
- Ramapo College of New Jersey (NJ)
- Lehigh University (PA)
- California State University, San Bernardino (CA)
- Colorado State University (CO)
For this session, panelists from Indiana State University (ISU), The College of Charleston (CofC), Ramapo College of New Jersey, California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB), Colorado State University (CSU), Lehigh ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Motivating and Quantifying the Impacts of Behavior Change
- Stanford University (CA)
- AASHE (MA)
In today’s increasingly technological and individualized world, how do sustainability professionals provide opportunities to engage their audience in a way that is relevant to them, but still quantifies the ...
- Posted July 19, 2018
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Longitudinal Study of the Impacts of a Climate Change Curriculum on Undergraduate Student Learning: Initial Results
- Stonehill College (MA)
The present study assesses the efficacy of a semester-long undergraduate sustainability curriculum designed from a systems approach. The three-course curriculum, which incorporated environmental science and ethics courses along with an ...
- Posted June 29, 2018
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Comparing Faculty and Student Sustainability Literacy: Are We Fit to Lead?
- Seattle University (WA)
The importance of teaching sustainability literacy is readily accepted, but relatively little attention has been paid to the adequacy or preparation of faculty to accomplish this task. At Seattle University ...
- Posted June 29, 2018
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Promoting Participation in a Culture of Sustainability Web Survey
- University of Michigan (MI)
The Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program (SCIP) at the University of Michigan is designed to measure and track the university’s progress (Callewaert and Marans 2017) in moving the campus community ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Sustainability in the University Student's Mind: Are University Endorsements, Financial Support, and Programs Making a Difference?
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (WI)
- Purdue University (IN)
Despite the increasing awareness that sustainability is an issue needing ongoing attention, and despite millions of dollars spent yearly at universities to promote sustainable behaviors, previous research has found college ...
- Posted May 21, 2018
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The Efficacy of Third-Party Certifications and Memberships: Bridge to Institutional Sustainability at Colleges and Universities
- Messiah University (PA)
This study researches the effects of third-party certifications and memberships on decision-making pertaining to environmental practices at higher education institutions (HEIs). A survey containing up to 22 questions was sent ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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Towards integrated sustainability in higher education – Mapping the use of the Accelerator toolset in all dimensions of university practice
- University of Calgary (AB)
- Vert Energy Group
- Uppsala University
- Charles University
The role of individual change agents and the human dimension in general are increasingly being acknowledged as critical elements in sustainability integration at higher education institutions. Yet few studies focus ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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Trying to Increase Carpooling at a Major U.S. University: A Survey and an Intervention
- Michigan State University (MI)
Many universities are attempting to reduce the CO2 emissions created by employee commuting. One way to do so is to encourage carpooling. A focus group and an online survey were ...
- Posted May 8, 2018
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Assessing the Understanding, Awareness, and Concern for Climate Change across Undergraduate Faculties at Dalhousie University
- Dalhousie University (NS)
The research completed in this study evaluates the levels of understanding, awareness, and concern for climate change of current undergraduate students in Dalhousie University’s Faculties of Engineering, Science, Health ...
- Posted April 11, 2018
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The Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program
- University of Michigan (MI)
The Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program (SCIP) is a multi-year effort designed to measure and track the culture of sustainability at the University of Michigan (U-M). It is intended to inform ...
- Posted April 3, 2018
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Fostering connectedness to nature in higher education
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
Environmental thinkers and educators have argued for the importance of celebrating our connectedness to nature, or the perception of being part of, rather than separate from, the natural world. Using ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2017
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Student and Staff Sustainability Surveys - expectations being met? An Australian example.
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
Traditional approaches to teaching sustainability have been through including the topic in geography and science curriculums. More recently, we have seen an expansion of Education for Sustainability across discipline areas ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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CURC Campus Recycling & Materials Management Survey
- Keep America Beautiful (CT)
The College and University Recycling Coalition (CURC) is conducting a national survey to document recycling and sustainable materials management (SMM) trends and practices at North American colleges and universities. The ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Key Facilities Metrics survey and Communicating Complex Issues Graphically
- National Association of College & University Business Officers (NACUBO) (DC)
Joint APPA/NACUBO Key Facilities Metrics survey is in its 4th year and has grown 49% in participation and campus use. Examine how complex consumption metrics of energy (BTU), electrical ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Western Kentucky University Student-Designed Campus Sustainability Survey 2017
- Western Kentucky University (KY)
For our 2017 AASHE conference presentation, we would like to share the story of our student-designed sustainability survey created in Fall 2016/ Spring 2017. It all began as a project ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Higher Education Paving the Way to Sustainable Development: A Global Perspective
The International Association of Universities (IAU), a membership organization, which brings together about 650 higher education institutions and organizations from some 130 countries, launched its first Global Survey on the ...
- Posted Sept. 18, 2017
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Comparing different measures of affective attributes relating to sustainability
- University of Otago (Otago)
- Otago Polytechnic (Otago)
A survey was developed to benchmark the affective sustainability characteristics of an incoming cohort of students in a Polytechnic in New Zealand, with the intention to monitor changes in these ...
- Posted Aug. 28, 2017
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Qualifications for Contributing to Sustainable Development A Survey of Environmental Sciences Graduates
A survey of Environmental Sciences graduates from ETH Zurich was conducted to gain insights into their sustainability-oriented activities. 567 participants provided 672 concrete best-practice examples of their professional contributions to ...
- Posted June 20, 2017
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The Use of LEED® Building Standards In the College and University Marketplace
- Leonardo Academy (WI)
Leonardo Academy released a survey report about the use of the LEED® green building rating system among colleges and universities in the United States.
The data gathered from survey responses ...
- Posted Feb. 13, 2017
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What do people know about key environmental issues? A review of environmental knowledge surveys
- St. Catherine University (MN)
This paper presents results from 15 little publicized state and national environmental surveys in the US that used similar questions. Our analysis reveals trends in adult understanding of environmental issues ...
- Posted Feb. 13, 2017
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The Green Eating Project: web-based intervention to promote environmentally conscious eating behaviours in US university students
- University of Rhode Island (RI)
To investigate the effectiveness of an online, interactive intervention, referred to as the Green Eating (GE) Project, to motivate university students to adopt GE behaviours.
The study was quasi-experimental and ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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Attitudes of Incoming Civil Engineering Students toward Sustainability as an Engineering Ethic
- Texas A&M University (TX)
This study presents the results of a survey of new civil engineering students at a large, conservative, land-grant university. Students were asked a set of questions about engineering ethics and ...
- Posted Aug. 18, 2016
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Recycling as a result of “cultural greening”?
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Campus (NJ)
- The College of New Jersey (NJ)
Purpose This study aims to test whether faculty and students who have developed the most pro-environmental values and concerns are also the most likely to reduce the on-campus waste stream ...
- Posted July 18, 2016
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Carbon footprint analysis of student behavior for a sustainable university campus in China
- Drexel University (PA)
Sustainable urban design, systems-level organizational planning, and human behavior have all been recognized for their potentially important roles in helping to reduce energy costs and associated environmental impacts, including greenhouse ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Commuting Behavior and Transportation Preferences of the CSUN Community
- California State University, Northridge (CA)
In 2010 California State University, Northridge (CSUN) conducted its first complete survey of the commuting habits of its staff, faculty and students. Here we report on the results of our ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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For the Planet Leadership Series: Building Sustainability Leadership in Higher Education
- University of North Texas (TX)
The “For the Planet Leadership Series” is a five-week professional development course planned, researched, and taught by Senior Alyssa Wolverton at the University of North Texas. Her goal was to ...
- Posted June 6, 2016
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Sustainable food systems at urban public universities: A survey of 21 universities
- University of Michigan (MI)
- Wayne State College (NE)
Urban communities are challenged by the conventional food system in diverse ways. To mitigate these challenges, a growing sustainable food system (SFS) movement mobilizes existing resources—including public institutions—to ...
- Posted April 28, 2016
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Are Employers Seeking Sustainability Literate Graduates?
- Higher Education Academy (York)
Using structured questionnaires and follow-up semi‐structured telephone interviews, this study seeks to establish to what extent adoption of the sustainability agenda within higher education and built environment organisations ...
- Posted April 15, 2016
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Culture of Disengagement in Engineering Education?
- Rice University (TX)
Much has been made of the importance of training ethical, socially conscious engineers, but does US engineering education actually encourage neophytes to take seriously their professional responsibility to public welfare ...
- Posted April 11, 2016
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Applying geographic information systems (GIS) and survey data to transportation demand management
- Skyline College (CA)
- University of San Francisco (CA)
In 2013, Skyline College launched a transportation initiative to improve access for students and employees and make travel to campus more efficient and equitable while reducing reliance on single-occupancy vehicles ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Sustainability Topics among College Students
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania (PA)
Over the last decade, colleges and universities have increased their focus on sustainability education to improve students' understanding of and engagement with sustainability issues. Establishing a baseline of students' knowledge ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Developing a Campus Sustainability Literacy Survey as a Metric for a Sustainability Themed Strategic Plan
- Appalachian State University (NC)
This talk will describe of creation a sustainability metric for one of the only college and university campuses in the country that uses sustainability as the primary guiding principal for ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Attitudes On and Modeling Of Energy Usage Practices on College Campuses
- Manhattan College (NY)
Last year survey findings related to user behavior from the Information Sciences Institute’s flagship smart grid project (a University of Southern California (USC) research institution) captured attitudes toward energy ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Student Sustainability Survey : From Data, Dialogue, and Action
- Western Michigan University (MI)
A redesigned 2014 Western Michigan University Student Sustainability Survey asked students to rank their campus sustainability priorities (e.g., renewable energy infrastructure, sustainable food systems, curriculum/program development, green buildings ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Campus Farm Movement: A Survey of Campus Agriculture in N. American
- Ursinus College (PA)
David Orr wrote in 1991, "It might have been different had agriculture evolved instead within the liberal arts colleges.” Orr was lamenting the specialization of agricultural education within land grant ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Using Attitude & Behavior Surveys to Advance Sustainability on Campus
- Elon University (NC)
Surveys (or assessments) are often used to assess attitudes and behaviors related to sustainability on campuses. Such surveys are generally different from sustainability literacy assessments, which assess sustainability knowledge. Sustainability ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Building the Institution through Campus Sustainability Surveys
- York University
York University is Canada’s third largest university, with a population of students, faculty and staff numbering approximately 60,000. Many research and teaching programs situated across the university’s ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Current On-Campus Attitudes toward Energy Usage, Efficiency, and Emerging Technologies
- Manhattan College (NY)
- Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ)
- University of Southern California (CA)
The need to innovate comprehensive, long-term sustainability solutions is among the most imminent challenges facing the world today. Sustainably delivering the basic food, water, and energy supplies to people throughout ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Collaborative Research as a Pedagogical Tool: Using Surveys and Interviews as a Way to Teach Sustainability on Campus.
- Emory & Henry College (VA)
Recognizing that campus culture is a primary driving force of energy consumption on a college campus, Emory & Henry College sought to better understand what students and faculty know about ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Shaping Perceptions of Sustainability: The Role of Post-secondary Coursework
- College of Charleston (SC)
This paper will gauge the role post-secondary academic instructions play in shaping student perceptions of the concept of sustainability. A comprehensive, web-based survey of College of Charleston students asked respondents ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Creating a Culture of Sustainable Living in Our Residence Halls
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
This poster describes two pilot programs that were implemented during the 2011-2012 academic year. The programs were funded through a university program that provides grants to graduate and undergraduate students ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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University of North Florida Commuter Preferences Survey of a Commuter Institution
- University of North Florida (FL)
The University of North Florida's Environmental Center survey of students, faculty and staff regarding their commuting preferences when traveling to and from campus. The process of developing the survey ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Think Outside The Car! - Surveying Commuter Choices
- University of Louisville (KY)
As a large urban institution with three distinct campuses, the University of Louisville has historically been a commuter school in a city built almost exclusively for cars. With about 9 ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Survey of Water Management at University and College Campuses
- Duke University (NC)
The effective management of water is necessary as water resources become increasingly scarce and variable through inefficient consumption, pollution, and climate change. Integrated water resource management is recommended to sustainably ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Field Documentation and Survey of Bamboo Structures
- University of Pittsburgh (PA)
Development of sustainable construction materials is growing, with research and construction being initiated worldwide. Structural applications of indigenous material resources such as bamboo are an integral part of sustainable development ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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NWF's Campus Environment 2008 National Survey Findings
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
- National Wildlife Federation (VA)
It has been seven years since NWF Campus Ecology's last national survey, and much has changed in the landscape of campus environmental programs and practices. In early 2008, the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Inclusion from Conception - A Presidential Perspective
- Hadassah Academic College
Embracing sustainability in every facet of higher education is to crystallize and practice it in every decision and motion made. At Hadassah College Jerusalem we conducted thorough research based on ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Survey: Fans More Likely To Attend Games, Buy Hot Dogs if Stadium Composts Trash
Our latest national survey gives universities a new reason to go green: It’s smart business. Nearly a third of Americans said they’d be more likely to attend a ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Assessing Sustainability Knowledge of a Student Population: Developing a Tool to Measure Knowledge in the Environmental, Economic, and Social Domains
- The Ohio State University (OH)
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to present a tool for assessing the sustainability knowledge of an undergraduate population.
Design/methodology/approach: Multiple-choice questions were developed through soliciting expert ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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