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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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Shifting the approach: greening abolitionist teaching for inclusive sustainability
- California State University, San Marcos (CA)
- Goddard College (VT)
In recent years, there has been growing criticism within environmental studies and sciences (ESS) regarding the environmental racism embedded in the institutions that train future environmental professionals and leaders. The …
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Students’ satisfaction and empowerment of a sustainable university campus
- University of Beira Interior
Universities are crucial in empowering a sustainable campus through the adoption of sustainable development practices (SDP), which are expressed in terms of economic, organizational, environmental, and social dimensions. Previous findings …
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$3 Million Gift Boosts Sustainability at CNU
- Christopher Newport University (VA)
The Redekop Family Endowment has donated $3 million to fund projects advancing sustainability at Christopher Newport University. The gift of $1 million for each of three years will support programs …
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Sustainability and challenge-based learning in higher education
- Universidad del Pais Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (Bizkaia)
The article presents a guide for integrating sustainability into university degrees using Challenge-Based Learning (CBL). In order to achieve this, the article starts with a literature review on education for …
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Sustainability reporting, universities and global reporting initiative applicability: a still open issue
- Università di Verona
Purpose: The porpose of this study is to critically consider the use of global reporting initiative (GRI) guidelines in universities' sustainability reports. In light of the recent literature and Habermas's …
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Student Engagement and Environmental Awareness: Gen Z and Ecocomposition
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
This article collaboration addresses the importance of contextualizing current climate change discussions in twenty-first-century ecocomposition classrooms. It specifically focuses on the practical significance of what students’ writing and research can …
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Stewart and Lynda Resnick Pledge $750 Million to Caltech to Support Environmental Sustainability Research
- California Institute of Technology (CA)
The owners of The Wonderful Company, have announced an unprecedented $750 million pledge to Caltech to support cutting-edge research into the most pressing challenges in environmental sustainability. The commitment, part …
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Preparing and Adapting Our Campuses for the Effects of Climate Change
- Merrimack College (MA)
Colleges across the United States have become greener, and efforts are underway to enhance their sustainability practices and reduce their carbon footprint. This article is not about the greening of …
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Savings from solar energy exceeds University’s expectations
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
Penn State’s solar energy purchasing agreement with Lightsource bp has significantly outperformed expectations, saving the university an estimated $2.5 million in energy costs, over four times the original two-year projection. …
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Building more epistemically inclusive and environmentally equitable universities
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
Higher educational institutions tend to draw from mainstream approaches to environmentalism that reinforce race, class, and gender hierarchies around who constitutes “an environmentalist” and what activities constitute “environmentalism.” As a …
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Building transformative city-university sustainability partnerships: the Audacious Partnerships Process
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Portland State University (OR)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DF)
- Dublin City University
- King's College London
City governments and urban universities are well-positioned to play critical roles in advancing urban sustainability transformations. However, in partnering, cities and universities often focus efforts on discrete sustainability-related projects, neglecting …
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Walking the talk: organising for social impact through performance management in European business schools
- University of St. Gallen
- Vienna University of Economics and Business
Universities, and business schools specifically, are experiencing a transformation of their societal mission. Similar to the STEM fields, business schools are nested in global competitive environments facing multiple competing pressures, …
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Exploring conceptions of sustainability education in initial teacher education: Perspectives from Australia, Canada and Scotland
- University of Toronto (ON)
- University of Edinburgh
- James Cook University (Queensland)
This paper draws on interview data to explore Australian, Canadian and Scottish teacher educators’ conceptions of sustainability education (SE) within initial teacher education (ITE). Findings were generated across three themes: …
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The sustainability-to-employment pipeline: the impact of SDG-related curricula on graduates’ employability
- Università di Bologna
Public and private organizations—including higher education institutions—frequently adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to facilitate a better future. In their efforts to realize the Agenda 2030, universities are focusing on …
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From Pseudo to Genuine Sustainability Education: Ecopedagogy and Degrowth in Business Studies Courses
- Northumbria University (Newcastle Upon Tyne)
This article surveys critical scholarship that links the literature on sustainable business education and education for sustainable development goals (ESDG). It is assumed that ESDG is desirable in the business …
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Looking within: cultivating compassion for shaping sustainable mindsets in accounting education
- Monash University (VIC)
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the role of individual inner dimensions in fostering sustainable mindsets in accounting students and graduates. Individual inner dimensions such as compassion shape our behaviour …
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Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, university’s first new school in 70 years, will accelerate solutions to global climate crisis
- Stanford University (CA)
Stanford’s first new school in 70 years will launch this fall as the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, recognizing a $1.1 billion gift from John and Ann Doerr, the largest …
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Assessing engineering students’ attitudes towards corporate social responsibility principles
- Tampere University of Applied Sciences
- Tallinn University
Ethical and sustainable thinking is an important competence in the engineering education to support students’ abilities to act and perform in a responsible manner in corporate contexts, and consequently contribute …
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Racially inclusive climates within degree programs and increasing student of color enrollment: An examination of environmental/sustainability programs.
- University of Virginia (VA)
- Vincent Evaluation Consulting (OK)
Students of color remain severely underrepresented in many science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, including environmental fields. Although there is a growing body of research on predictors of selecting …
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Sustainability evolved for experts but students fell behind: teaching interrelated social, economic and environmental goals
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
Purpose: While sustainability experts point to interrelated social, economic and environmental goals, students may think about sustainability primarily as natural resources. To prepare students to tackle global challenges to well-being, …
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Evaluating the perils and promises of academic climate advocacy
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
What are the causes and consequences of academic climate advocacy in contemporary times? Should it be celebrated and pursued, or derided and eschewed? Does advocacy in various forms tarnish or …
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Winning in the Marketplace and the Workplace: Activating the Workplace by Engaging Employees in Sustainability
- National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) (DC)
Engaged employees lead to better business outcomes. As companies look for ways to boost employee engagement, they are focusing on job purposing—the concept of linking an organization’s purpose and an …
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College Pulse Sustainable Campuses Survey 2023
- College Pulse (CA)
This survey was designed and conducted by College Pulse. Interviews were conducted in English among a sample of 2164 undergraduate students who are currently enrolled in the U.S. The sample …
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Green campus and student proactivity initiatives: the importance of a participatory approach
- Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
Purpose: This study aims to examine the mediating role of students’ knowledge of sustainable development (SD) in the relationship between green campus initiatives by higher education institutions (HEIs) and student …
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Supporting students to become agents of change: Introducing and evaluating the Transition Cycle approach to teaching transformative skills
- University of Amsterdam
Human societies are dealing with urgent and daunting societal transition challenges, such as those posed by climate change, inequality, pandemics, and digitalization. In all these cases, we know that they …
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The Sustainability Literacy of Students: A Comparative Study between Turkey and the UK
- Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
In recent years, the sustainability literacy has become crucial for building more sustainable future. In this regard, a shift toward sustainability requires literate society on sustainability issues at global scale. …
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Why Sustainability Is Now the Key Driver of Innovation
- Harvard Business Review (MA)
When companies pursue sustainability, it’s usually to demonstrate that they are socially responsible. They expect that the endeavor will add to their costs, deliver no immediate financial benefits, and quite …
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Net-Zero Heroes? Climate Change Mitigation Efforts and Strategies across Australian Group-of-Eight Universities
- University of Melbourne (Victoria)
Businesses are increasingly declaring their operations to be “carbon neutral” or “net-zero”. But how real are these claims? We investigated the climate mitigation efforts of the eight leading universities in …
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Are Brazilian universities greening? An analysis of their performances in an international sustainability ranking
- Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
The escalation of environmental issues demands a response towards sustainable development, and universities may contribute to a greener future by reducing their own environmental impacts. Brazil has a history of …
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Sustainability and Environmental Communities of Practice’s Impact on News Content Diversity
- Michigan State University (MI)
Communities of practice (CoP) are distinct community groups that share a common interest in which they interact with one another to address problems and reach goals. In the present study, …
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Online, Experiential Sustainability Education Can Improve Students’ Self-Reported Environmental Attitudes, Behaviours and Wellbeing
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
Educating for sustainability is a critical step in moving towards a more sustainable future for humanity. As higher education moves into the online space, education for sustainability can reach larger …
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Enhancing sustainable development goals or promoting universities? An analysis of the times higher education impact rankings
- Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Madrid)
- Universitat Politècnica de València (Valencia)
- Gävle University College
Purpose: This study aims to analyse and evaluate the methodology followed by the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings (THE-IR), as well as the coverage obtained and the data offered by …
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Status of Sustainability Management Education in African MBA Programmes: A Web-based Research Approach
- Vaal University of Technology
- Midlands State University
Emerging evidence suggests that business schools in Africa are lagging behind in promoting sustainability education. Grand challenges that point to a limited focus on transformative sustainability education such as environmental …
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Uncovering perspectives on SDG integration for university transformations
- Monash University (VIC)
Purpose: This case study explores different perspectives on integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in universities to achieve university transformations. This study recognises that university actors think differently about the …
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Using Social Media Data to Research the Impact of Campus Green Spaces on Students’ Emotions: A Case Study of Nanjing Campuses
- Nanjing Forestry University
Campus green space, as a component of urban green space and the main natural place for college students’ daily contact, has a subliminal effect on their mental health. This study …
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Don't Think Your Campus Needs to Prepare for Climate Change?: Here's Why You're Wrong
- Merrimack College (MA)
It isn’t hard to find evidence that colleges across the country are concerned about global climate change and the role they play in contributing to it. Solar panels, LEED-certified buildings, …
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Climate Risks and Resilience at Dickinson College: Infrastructure and Continuity Planning
- Dickinson College (PA)
Dickinson College is faced with growing risks from climate change that could significantly impact its campus infrastructure, operations, and ability to fulfill its educational mission without disruption. As climate change …
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Exploring the moderating role of university environmental performance in shaping students’ environmental awareness and behaviors
- Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi
- Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the moderating role of university environmental performance in the relationship between students’ environmental awareness and behavior, with a particular focus on …
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Can We Measure Universities’ Impact on Climate Change?
- University College London (London)
Universities have a growing interest in understanding the impact that they have on climate change, whether positive or negative. Yet beyond the direct emissions from their campuses, is it possible …
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Higher education institutions as a microcosm of the circular economy
- Lund University
Higher education institutions (HEIs) can play a key role in the transition to the circular economy (CE) given their missions, characteristics and role in shaping the coming generations of citizens …
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Breaking Down Barriers: Exploring the Potential of Participatory Visual Research to Promote University Students' Active Participation in Sustainable Development Initiatives
- McGill University (QC)
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is a promising approach to addressing the global sustainability crisis, with universities playing a critical role in preparing graduates as sustainable citizens. However, traditional top-down …
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Economic Analysis of Sustainable Transportation Transitions: Case Study of the University of Saskatchewan Ground Services Fleet
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
The global transport sector of the world economy contributes about 15% of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in the world today, and this must be drastically curbed. To reduce GHG emissions …
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The Intersection of ESG and HR
- Society for Human Resource Management (VA)
The March EN:Insights Forum looked at the effects of environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives on corporate goals, performance and HR effectiveness. The session explored the impact of these goals …
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Education in collaboration with cities: the intentions of transdisciplinary courses
- Technische Universiteit Delft
- Wageningen University
Purpose: In collaboration with their home cities, universities increasingly develop courses in which students investigate urban sustainability challenges. This paper aims to understand how far-reaching the collaboration with urban stakeholders …
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Electricity saving behavior in student dorms: What message framing works?
- Prince of Songkla University (Songkhla)
Electricity consumption contributes largely to climate change. Inefficiently overused amounts of electricity can be reduced through low-cost feedback and nudges. We chose to frame different messages to alter the electricity …
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Integrating sustainability into business and management studies in higher education
- Universidad de Almería (Almeria)
This research investigates the crucial realm of sustainability education in university-level business and management studies. The main objective is to identify the main factors influencing sustainability learning and to establish …
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Knowledge and engagement of the sustainable development goals among undergraduate business students
- Universidad del Pais Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (Bizkaia)
This paper analyses the level of knowledge and engagement of the students of the Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management (GADE) of the Faculty of Economics and Business (Gipuzkoa …
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Higher education curriculum design for sustainable development: towards a transformative approach
- Kanda University of International Studies
Purpose: Education is widely recognized as a key domain for the promotion of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), prompting an increased focus on sustainable development in foreign language education. Despite …
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Assessing University Students’ Beliefs and Attitudes towards Sustainability and Sustainable Development: A Systematic Review
- Universita degli Studi di Padova
(1) Background: contents and strategies related to sustainability and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are being introduced in academic curricula, and the organization of the university environment is evolving to adopt …
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Favourability towards natural gas relates to funding source of university energy centres
- Columbia University (NY)
Methane is 28 to 86 times more potent as a driver of global warming than CO2. Global methane concentrations have increased at an accelerating rate since 2004, yet the role …
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