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Do Codes of Ethics Reveal a University’s Commitment to Sustainable Development? Evidence from Italy

• Università di Verona

Higher education institutions, such as universities, formulate strategies and undertake initiatives to support sustainable development (SD). Scholars draw up and examine sustainability reports as the main institutional documents to assess ...

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Can MOOCs empower people to critically think about climate change? A learning outcome based comparison of two MOOCs

• Universidade Aberta
• Universität Duisburg-Essen
• FernUniversität in Hagen

Climate change can be regarded as one of the key topics of sustainable development where public awareness and education are crucial. In the field of education, Massive Online Open Courses ...

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Establishing transdisciplinary minor programme as a way to embed sustainable development into higher education system: Case by Tongji University, China

• East China Normal University
• Tongji University

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a case study of the establishment and development of a minor program in Sustainable Development in Tongji University, China, and how ...

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Innovating Undergraduate General Chemistry by Integrating Sustainability-related Socio-Scientific Issues

• University of California, Davis (CA)
• Universität Bremen

Background: Many general chemistry courses in U.S. undergraduate education focus on decontextualized content learning, driven by a structure-of-the-discipline approach. Due to this approach, many students perceive general chemistry to ...

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Purpose-Driven Partnerships That Transform People and Places: Cal State LA’s Anchor Mission

• California State University, Los Angeles (CA)

California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) has committed to becoming Los Angeles’ premier educational anchor institution, forging meaningful partnerships that contribute to the overall well-being of the region ...

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Considering the Anchor Mission Strategy within the Competing “Regimes” of Higher Education Community Engagement

• Marquette University (WI)
• Democracy Collaborative (DC)

The concept of the anchor institution, and its subsequent mission, was first considered in the mid-1990s, a time during which the dominant academic culture of higher education was driven by ...

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Building Capacity as Anchor Institutions: Infrastructure, Structure, and Strategy

• Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) (IN)

As campuses embrace their role as anchor institutions, considerations should be given to the role of infrastructure, structure, and strategy. This article differentiates between infrastructure and organizational structure then identifies ...

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Aligning Equity, Engagement, and Social Innovation in Anchor Initiatives

• University of San Diego (CA)

Drawing on cultural studies and the practice of engaged learning and scholarship, this paper proposes a cultural approach to institutional transformation, which we argue necessarily follows anchor partnerships. The authors ...

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Developing the Student Anchor Engagement Framework

• Drexel University (PA)

Modern urban and metropolitan universities are increasingly obliged to recognize their role as anchor institutions. These same institutions of higher education (IHEs) also have a responsibility to educate students to ...

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Developing a Resilience Tool For Higher Education Institutions: A Must-Have in Campus Master Planning

• Virginia Tech (VA)
• Hanbury (VA)

Resilience has become a prominent topic in the planning and design industry over the past several years. States, cities and entire regions face an ever-growing threat of environmental and societal ...

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An analysis of university sustainability reports from the GRI database: an examination of influential variables

• University of Cadiz

In the business context, many papers have examined whether certain variables can affect sustainability disclosure practices. However, research on universities has mainly been addressed to explore the extent of sustainability ...

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I and We: Does Identity Explain Undergraduates’ Ethical Intentions?

• California State University, Chico (CA)
• Indiana University South Bend (IN)

Concerns about business ethics have led many business schools to integrate ethics into the curriculum, with mixed results (May, Luth, & Schwoerer 2014, Wang & Calvano 2015, Waples, Antes, Murphy ...

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The Value of Experiential and Action Learning in Business Ethics Education

• Macquarie University (NSW)

This paper develops an interpretive framework around ethical learning by using qualitative methods to examine the collective impact of Experiential Learning Activity (ELA) and Critical Action Learning (CAL) on student ...

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Identifying the factors for sustainability learning performance

• Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Hordaland)
• Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
• Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences

The recent launch of several important international education initiatives designates a future for education that moves away from educational achievements largely based on access and attainment and advances a more ...

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Integrating Sustainability into Higher Education Curricula through the Project Method, a Global Learning Strategy

• Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Higher levels of material well-being lead almost inevitably to giving priority to individualism and personal advancement, often at the expense of civic conscience. A proposal for integrating sustainability into the ...

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Building sustainable university-based community gardens: Volunteer perceptions of enablers and barriers to engagement and benefits received from volunteering in the Moving Feast

• University of the Sunshine Coast
• University of Portsmouth

Community gardens are receiving increasing attention as a source of locally available and sustainable food, and aim to increase food security. Engagement and commitment from the volunteer workforce in community ...

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Development of a Measurement Tool for Sustainable Development Awareness

• Necmettin Erbakan University

Raising the sustainable development awareness is of great importance for the continuation of the world's livability. Teachers have a great responsibility in order for individuals to make sustainable development ...

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Green Chemistry in Higher Education: State of the Art, Challenges, and Future Trends

• King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
• Universitat de València
• Gdańsk University of Technology
• Polish Naval Academy

Nowadays, there is increasing interest in global sustainability, and thus, university students would like to know how human actions affect the health status of our planet. This is mainly due ...

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Parking demand management in a relatively uncongested university setting

• McMaster University (ON)
• Ryerson University (ON)

Although travel demand management (TDM) has featured more prominently in transportation planning and programs, its role in a university context is still emerging. University TDM efforts hold much potential, but ...

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Business School Professors’ Perception of Ethics in Education in Europe

• Rovira i Virgili University

This qualitative study aims to investigate business school professors’ perception of ethics in business education, and their possible role in achieving ethical awareness in these schools. Data were collected through ...

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Ireland’s Transition towards a Low Carbon Society: The Leadership Role of Higher Education Institutions in Solar Photovoltaic Niche Development

• University of Limerick

Ireland is currently considered a laggard within Europe in relation to decarbonisation of its society, with future projections estimating increases in greenhouse gas emissions up to and beyond 2030. To ...

• Posted April 29, 2019
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Learning to Navigate (in) the Anthropocene

• KU Leuven

Over the last decades, the extent of human impact on Earth and the atmosphere has been the subject of large-scale scientific investigations. It is increasingly argued that this impact is ...

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Towards a social sustainability in higher education: Enhancing students’ solidarity and togetherness through collaborative projects in racially diverse learning environments

• University of the Free State

One key goal in the mission and vision statement of the University of the Free State is to recruit the best and most diverse students who work in solidarity and ...

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Leadership of Heart and Mind: Examining the Mind and Skill Sets of Student Sustainability Leadership

• University of New England (ME)
• University of Southern Maine (ME)

The purpose of this comparative case study was to deepen the understanding of post-secondary student sustainability leaders’ motivations and identify the skills they have employed in order to inform the ...

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Measuring development of environmental awareness and moral reasoning: A case-study of a civil engineering course

• Virginia Tech (VA)
• University of Queensland (QLD)
• Swinburne University of Technology

Environmental awareness and ethical moral reasoning are important aspects of the engineering profession. Yet, engineering programmes have been struggling to teach these topics and measure the effectiveness of these educational ...

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Biophilic campus: An emerging planning approach for a sustainable innovation-conducive university

• The University of Adelaide (SA)

Universities worldwide are competing to offer attractive learning and research environments to a new generation of skilled and talented students. Governments of the developed world urge universities to foster innovation ...

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Disruptive innovation and operationalization in local and sustainable food systems: Examining the University of Toronto-Local Food Plus partnership

• University of Toronto (ON)

This paper traces the partnership between the University of Toronto and the non-profit Local Food Plus (LFP) to bring local sustainable food to its St. George campus. At its launch ...

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University of Miami Mobility Plan

• University of Miami (FL)

Executive Summary The University of Miami is committed to programs and strategies that reduce single-occupant vehicle trips and maximize efficiency for moving to, from, within, and around its Coral Gables ...

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Training Secondary Education Teachers through the Prism of Sustainability: The Case of the Universitat de València

• Universitat de València

Designing the training of future teachers through holistic and interdisciplinary visions is vital to developing coherent contents, epistemologies, and methodologies that put Education for Sustainability into action. The research presented ...

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Examining the Relationships between Factors Influencing Environmental Behaviour among University Students

• University of Eastern Finland

Education for sustainability may be seen as consisting of four dimensions: sensitivity and attitudes toward the environment, awareness and knowledge of the environment, environmentally friendly actions and participation. A questionnaire ...

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Building an Industry-Oriented Business Sustainability Curriculum in Higher Education

• National Taiwan Normal University
• Chia-Nan University of Pharmacy and Science
• National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology

In the past, research addressing the issues reflecting industrial needs for sustainability-related curriculum design in higher education has been limited. To narrow this gap and to provide students with better ...

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International perspectives on the pedagogy of climate change

• Purchase College - State University of New York (NY)
• University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)
• Prince Sultan University (Riyadh)
• Universidad de Sonora (Sonora)
• University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz

Education is key to the advancement of environmental sustainability. Climate change education is a complex topic where a number of factors play key roles. One such factor, namely the ongoing ...

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Education for Sustainable Development: Emerging Themes from Adopters of a Declaration

• Auburn University (AL)
• Deakin University

Universities that sign the Talloires Declaration signify their commitment to education for sustainable development. This research explores whether the signification is a strategic desire to be seen to be doing ...

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Integrated Teaching and Practice: Green Infrastructure Planning and Green Roof Performance in a Semi-Arid Campus Environment, USA

• University of Arizona (AZ)
• Utah State University (UT)

This paper presents an integrated education and research program that involves extensive participation from stakeholders on campus and beyond. The resultant water conscious design proposal promotes efficient stormwater management on ...

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Connecting Social and Natural Ecologies Through a Curriculum of Giving for Student Wellbeing and Engagement

• Australian National University
• University of Canberra

Using hermeneutic phenomenology to aid the reader ‘experience’ the data collected, this study reports on 18 college students, 4 staff members and the author's trip to a remote island ...

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Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Roofs and Pavements: A Case Study at Sapienza University Campus

• University of Rome Tor Vergata

The progressively emerging concept of urban resilience to climate change highlights the importance of mitigation and adaptation measures, and the need to integrate urban climatology in the design process, in ...

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On how business students’ personal values and sustainability conceptions impact their sustainability management orientation: Evidence from Germany, Indonesia and the USA

• University of St. Gallen
• National University of Singapore
• Leuphana University of Lüneburg
• University of Sussex (Sussex)

This paper aims to develop and empirically test a framework on how personal values and sustainability conceptions affect students’ sustainability management orientation (SMO). An understanding of this connection gives insight ...

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Sustainability Governance at Universities: Using a Governance Equalizer as a Research Heuristic

• University of Vechta
• Freie Universität Berlin

Universities play a crucial role in promoting sustainable development. Accordingly, the project “Sustainability at Higher Education Institutions: develop — network — report (HOCHN)” (2016–2018) aims to facilitate sustainable development at universities ...

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The 5E Model of Environmental Engagement: Bringing Sustainability Change to Higher Education through Positive Psychology

• Tel Aviv University
• Vrije Universiteit Brussel

What is the role of universities in advancing sustainability? This paper delineates a unique program for promoting sustainability that was applied in Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB). The unique characteristics of ...

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Factors influencing students’ corporate social responsibility orientation in higher education

• University of Beira Interior
• Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

Given that the future of corporate social responsibility depends on upcoming generations' attitudes, a better understanding of the relationship between corporate social responsibility orientation and its predictors has significant implications ...

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Learning Sustainable Cultural Safety in a Crowded, Warming World

• University of Northern British Columbia (BC)

Among all the pressing needs for educational innovations that we face today, arguably the most imperative is the need to elicit learners’ active collaboration towards a ‘Great Transition’ into a ...

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Mainstreaming Education for Sustainable Development at a Swiss University: Navigating the Traps of Institutionalization

• University of Bern

How far have higher education institutions progressed towards integrating sustainable development at an institutional level and are they responding to the societal need for transformation? Can the pace of transformation ...

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Sustainability assessment of the service operations at seven higher education institutions in Brazil

• Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná

The objective of this paper is to test a procedure for assessing the adoption of sustainable practices in higher education technological institutions services, known as institutes of technology and polytechnic ...

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Piloting Sustainability in UVA Research Labs

• University of Virginia (VA)

A one-year, comprehensive study in three campus research labs illustrates the benefits of small-scale infrastructural improvements paired with occupant engagement techniques . Lighting upgrades, equipment timers, and freezer set-points were targeted ...

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The contemporary definition of university social responsibility with quantifiable sustainability

• Lebanese American University

The university social responsibility (USR) is still in embryonic stage compared to corporate social responsibility (CSR) which is still debatable by researchers. The purpose of this paper is to propose ...

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Conditions for transformative learning for sustainable development: a theoretical review and approach

• Örebro University
• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Continued unsustainability and surpassed planetary boundaries require not only scientific and technological advances, but deep and enduring social and cultural changes. The purpose of this article is to contribute a ...

• Posted April 5, 2019
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The university's role in sustainable development: Activating entrepreneurial scholars as agents of change

• Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• Inholland Hogeschool and University of Applied Sciences
• LM Thapar School of Management

The role of (entrepreneurial) universities as change agents in regional economic development has been highlighted previously, but how they can drive regional sustainable development in developing countries has been largely ...

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Comprehensive sustainability reporting in higher education institutions

• Tarbiat Modares University
• American University in Dubai

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the comprehensiveness of sustainability reporting in higher education institutions.

This study adopts a university sustainability rating framework and uses it to evaluate ...

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The sustainability report as an essential tool for the holistic and strategic vision of higher education institutions

• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Institutions of higher education have a significant role in promoting change to sustainable development models as centers of knowledge and innovation. In addition, they are currently facing their own change ...

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Creating Sustainable Universities: Organizational Pathways of Transformation

• Dalian University of Technology

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development including the SDGs, is being integrated into sustainability strategies, research, teaching, pedagogy, and campus practices, and to position higher education institutions as key drivers ...

• Posted April 4, 2019
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