Publications
Introduction
AASHE’s publications library is the leading repository of reports, journal articles, books, and student research on sustainability in higher education. Certain publication types are entered in the annual AASHE Awards Program.
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Sustainability: Why the Language and Ethics of Sustainability Matter in the Geoscience Classroom
- San Jose State University (CA)
- University of Rochester (NY)
Because challenges to sustainability arise at the intersection of human and biophysical systems they are inescapably embedded in social contexts and involve multiple stakeholders with diverse and often conflicting needs ...
- Posted May 21, 2018
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Sustainability, the Next Generation Science Standards, and the Education of Future Teachers
- Central Washington University (WA)
- Columbia University (NY)
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) emphasize how human activities affect the Earth and how Earth processes impact humans, placing the concept of sustainability within the Earth and Space Sciences ...
- Posted May 21, 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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How Does Adding an Emphasis on Socioscientific Issues Influence Student Attitudes about Science, Its Relevance, and Their Interpretations of Sustainability?
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
A general consensus exists among the leaders of both developed and developing nations that their citizens should be scientifically literate. Therefore, it is important for educational systems to provide students ...
- Posted May 21, 2018
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Environmental Education: Reflecting on Application of Environmental Attitudes Measuring Scale in Higher Education Students
- Leiden University
- The Hague University of Applied Science
The Ecocentric and Anthropocentric Attitudes toward the Sustainable Development (EAATSD) scale measures environmental concern in relation to sustainable development. This article will discuss how this scale was tested with three ...
- Posted May 21, 2018
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Integrating problem- and project-based learning opportunities: assessing outcomes of a field course in environment and sustainability
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
Improving student competencies to address sustainability challenges has been a subject of significant debate in higher education. Problem- and project-based learning have been widely celebrated as course models that support ...
- Posted May 21, 2018
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Higher education for sustainability: can education affect moral perceptions?
- University of Gothenburg
A considerable literature looks at universities’ approaches to integrating sustainable development into teaching and learning, but less is known about how Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) affects student attitudes, values ...
- Posted May 21, 2018
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A systematic review of the literature on integrating sustainability into engineering curricula
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (TN)
- Lancaster University
- Jinan University (Guangdong)
- University of Belgrade
Higher education plays an important role in furthering the sustainability agenda, as reflected in a growing body of literature. While there have been several recent reviews of this work, these ...
- Posted May 21, 2018
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The Use of Praxis in the Classroom to Facilitate Student Transformation
- University of Manitoba (MB)
- University of Regina (SK)
- University of Windsor (ON)
Critical management education typically assumes that management courses that emphasize critical reflection—that is, courses that critique problematic systems and structures, and ask students to dialogue about and actively reflect ...
- Posted May 18, 2018
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Designing a Proxy Carbon Price Strategy for Smith College
- Smith College (MA)
This thesis to Design a Proxy Carbon Price Strategy for Smith College was written to internalize the social cost of carbon emissions into financial decision-making. A proxy carbon price is ...
- Posted May 18, 2018
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Assessing the Energy and Water Use of Vertical Farming at Princeton University
- Princeton University (NJ)
Research in sustainable solutions for harmful large-scale agriculture will help preserve the earth’s ecosystems and natural resources. Hydroponics is a method of farming that is shown to use considerably ...
- Posted May 18, 2018
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The Meat of the Matter: Behavioral Science Nudges for a More Sustainable Diet
- Princeton University (NJ)
Current levels of global population growth and meat consumption are putting unprecedented demand on agriculture and natural resources. From a sustainability standpoint, the environmental impacts of excess meat consumption, coupled ...
- Posted May 18, 2018
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SUNY Polytechnic Institute Campus Forest Carbon Inventory Report and Sequestration Estimates
- State University of New York Polytechnic Institute (NY)
This report takes initial measurements for existing SUNY Polytechnic Institute campus forest carbon stocks and estimates projections for annual rates of carbon sequestration. Establishing a baseline for campus forest carbon ...
- Posted May 18, 2018
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Dimensions of professional competences for interventions towards sustainability
- Open University of the Netherlands
- University of Derby
- The Open University
This paper investigates sustainability competences through the eyes of professional practitioners in the field of sustainability and presents empirical data that have been created using an action research approach. The ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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A scientometric review of global research on sustainability and sustainable development
- University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
The concept of sustainable development has gained worldwide attention in recent years which had enhanced its implementation. However, few studies have attempted to map the global research of sustainability. This ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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Enhancing Ecoliteracy through Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Proverbs
- Seoul National University
Proverbs can be regarded as pithy axioms of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), which can be useful for sustainability education. By using an exploratory sequential mixed method, we analyzed TEK and ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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Frontiers in Environmental Education: Philosophical Reflections on the Impact of Power Epistemology and Consumerist Pedagogy in Environmental Education
- The University of Newcastle (NSW)
- East China Normal University
In this paper we argue that an educational ideology, based on an epistemology of power and consumerism, has become embedded within the structural foundations of Western Education. The combination of ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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Building student capacity to lead sustainability transitions in the food system through farm-based authentic research modules in sustainability sciences (FARMS)
- Dartmouth College (NH)
- Montana State University (MT)
Undergraduate courses provide valuable opportunities to train and empower students with the knowledge, skills, and motivation to advance society in more sustainable directions. This article emphasizes the value of bridging ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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Leveraging Sustainability Reporting in Higher Education Institutions—A Multidimensional Research Agenda
- University of Hildesheim
Sustainability has become increasingly important to research and practice. In order to determine impacts, identify improvement potential and to disclose efforts towards sustainability, an organization needs appropriate reporting. Thus, sustainability ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: An enabling role for accounting research
- University of St Andrews (Scotland)
- University of London
The purpose of this paper is to establish and advance the role of academic accounting in the pursuit of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are regarded as ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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Voluntary disclosure of sustainability reports by Canadian universities
- University of Hamburg
In contrast to corporate firms, voluntary sustainability reporting by universities is still in its infancy. Against this background, we have investigated which Canadian universities report their sustainability performance and what ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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Virtual Water as a Metric for Institutional Sustainability
- University of Virginia (VA)
Carbon and nitrogen footprints are increasingly common metrics used to consider the environmental impacts of activities and consumption by institutions; an institutional water footprint complements these assessments by providing a ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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Using experiential marine debris education to make an impact: Collecting debris, informing policy makers, and influencing students
- University of Hartford (CT)
The Shore to Statehouse project supported the creation of an open-source, replicable, undergraduate experiential course on marine debris. Funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the course allowed undergraduate ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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Urban sustainability education: Challenges and pedagogical experiments
- Stanford University (CA)
- Tsinghua University
The twenty-first century will witness massive urban expansion and growth of the urban population, which has global implications for future pathways of sustainable development. Addressing new and heightened demands on ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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University-Community Partnership Models: Employing Organizational Management Theories of Paradox and Strategic Contradiction
- University of Louisville (KY)
University–community (U-C) partnerships have the potential to respond to society’s most pressing needs through engaged scholarship. Despite this promise, partnerships face paradoxical tensions and inherent contradictions that are ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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University culture and sustainability: Designing and implementing an enabling framework
- University of Worcester
- Cranfield School of Management
Universities across the globe are giving increasing priority to the challenges of sustainability, encouraged by a variety of drivers including international and national policy, student and societal pressures. Many extant ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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University ad Sustainable Urban Development Indicators for Analysis and Evaluation
- Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Madrid)
- Carlos III University of Madrid
University is an institution with a high potential to promote changes that lead to better social outcomes in terms of sustainability and social responsibility. Therefore, it is seems highly necessary ...
- Posted May 14, 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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Students' Perception of and Engagement with Sustainability at Humber College
- Humber College (ON)
ProjectSustainability aims to explore Humber College students’ perception of sustainability, and their engagement with the Office of Sustainability - including the effectiveness of current sustainability initiatives, as well as improvement and ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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Undergraduate Learning through Engaged Scholarship and University-Community Partnerships
- College of William & Mary (VA)
- University of Georgia (GA)
The impact of university–community partnerships and involvement in engaged scholarship on student learning was examined through in-depth interviews with undergraduate members of a student-led, community-based research organization at a ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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Transnational collaboration for sustainability in higher education: Lessons from a systematic review
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
We continue to understand little about how to best design and operate transnational collaborations between universities to advance research and education for sustainability. This article explores general practices in transnational ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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Towards the integration of sustainability in Higher Eeducation Institutions: A review of drivers of and barriers to organisational change and their comparison against those found of companies
- Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Madrid)
In recent years, there have been a considerable number of efforts to integrate sustainability into Higher Education Institutions (HEIs); however, there are still challenges that need to be overcome. A ...
- 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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Towards a universal carbon footprint standard: A case study of carbon management at universities
- University of Southampton
Organisations of all types are significant contributors to international greenhouse gas emissions. The business case for supporting low-carbon practices is gathering pace, alongside the regulatory demands imposed through carbon emission ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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Towards a sustainability reporting guideline in higher education
- University of Hamburg
So far, sustainability reporting in higher education is in a very early stage – partly, because of the lack of an established and widely recognized sustainability reporting framework for higher education ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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The role of higher education institutions in regional transition paths towards sustainability
- University of Marburg
The present paper investigates the role of the located Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the transformation towards sustainability of the city of Linz as well as the region of Upper ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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The Role of Eco-campus Assessment Management System in the Sustainable Development of British Universities
- Nottingham Trent University
The university is a key driver of sustainable development. In the UK, environmental management systems (EMSs) are increasingly being used by organizations to improve environmental performance. Environmental management systems bring ...
- Posted May 10, 2018
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Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms and Communities
The most comprehensive review of place-based education – its pedagogy and its practice – yet to appear, by the author of the highly influential book Beyond Ecophobia. Through academic research, practical examples ...
- Posted May 8, 2018
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The raise of publications on sustainability—a case study in Germany
- University of Marburg
The number of scientific publications containing the words “sustainability” or “sustainable” has increased tremendously over the last years, but their origins in Germany are not equally distributed in space. The ...
- Posted May 8, 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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Sustainability University–Community Partnerships: Lessons for practitioners and scholars from highly sustainable communities
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Missouri State University (MO)
As local communities face increasing pressure to address environmental concerns, town–gown partnerships are one avenue for improving environmental conditions and sustainability planning for the future. Partnerships between community leaders ...
- Posted May 8, 2018
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Going Without: An Exploration of Food and Housing Insecurity Among Undergraduates
- Temple University (PA)
- University of Iowa (IA)
The rising price of higher education and its implications for equity and accessibility have been extensively documented, but the material conditions of students’ lives are often overlooked. Data from more ...
- Posted May 8, 2018
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Pedestrian Planning on College Campuses
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
College campuses provide an ideal setting to promote walking, and on-campus pedestrian planning efforts can provide leadership for the wider community as well.
- Posted May 8, 2018
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Barriers to Pro-Environmental Behaviours at Bournemouth University
- Bournemouth University (Dorset)
This study investigates the main barriers to pro-environmental behaviours at Bournemouth University (BU). The University is committed to help achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals and over the years has ...
- Posted May 8, 2018
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Developing Boundary-Spanning Capacity for Regional Sustainability Transitions—A Comparative Case Study of the Universities of Augsburg (Germany) and Linz (Austria)
- University of Marburg
The potential of universities to become ‘change agents’ for sustainability has increasingly been highlighted in the literature. Some largely open questions are how universities get involved in regional sustainability transitions ...
- Posted May 8, 2018
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Equity-Minded Faculty Development: An Intersectional Identity-Conscious Community of Practice Model for Faculty Learning
- California State University, San Bernardino (CA)
Equity-minded institutional transformation requires robust faculty learning. Research has shown that the single most important factor in student success is faculty interaction. Positive, supportive, and empowering faculty interaction is particularly ...
- Posted May 8, 2018
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Strategic Planning to Advance Equity on Campus: A Case Study at Portland State University
- Portland State University (OR)
Propelled by many factors, including a newly appointed Board of Trustees responsible for governance of our university, resource shortages, and enrollment swings, Portland State University embarked on a strategic planning ...
- Posted May 8, 2018
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Climate Change and the Canadian Higher Education System: An Institutional Policy Analysis
- University of Rochester (NY)
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
Climate change is a pressing concern. Higher education can address the challenge, but systematic analyses of climate change in education policy are sparse. This paper addresses this gap in the ...
- Posted May 8, 2018
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The process of social accounting and reporting at University of Torino: main challenges and managerial implications
- Università degli Studi di Torino
The process of social accounting and reporting performed by universities is a voluntary mechanism through which academic institutions could freely communicate the fulfilment of their social responsibilities to the open ...
- Posted May 8, 2018
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Developing and Testing a Method to Measure Academic Societal Impact
- University of Kent
- University of The South Pacific (Central Division)
- University of Coimbra
This paper aims to extend understanding of the business and societal impact of academic research. From a business school perspective, it has taken stock of the role of academic research ...
- Posted May 8, 2018
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