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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Enhancing sustainability curricula through faculty learning communities
- University of Vermont (VT)
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Although the number of higher education institutions adopting sustainability-focused faculty learning communities (FLCs) has grown, very few of these programs have published evaluation research. This paper aims to report …
- Posted July 18, 2016
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Greening the campus: a theoretical extension of the dialogic communication approach
- Michigan State University (MI)
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the strategic organization-public dialogic communication practices of universities in the USA. The authors used the dialogic model of communication to explore …
- Posted July 18, 2016
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Rationale of early adopters of fossil fuel divestment
- Lake Forest College (IL)
Purpose This research uses the social science perspectives of institutions, ecological modernization and social movements to analyze the rationale used by the early-adopting universities of fossil fuel divestment in the …
- Posted July 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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The value of adding ambient energy feedback to conservation tips and goal-setting in a dormitory
- Middlebury College (VT)
Purpose The majority of research on energy feedback has been conducted in residential households; in this study, the authors aim to examine the effectiveness of similar initiatives in a college …
- Posted July 18, 2016
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What goes on behind closed doors?: How college dormitory residents change to save energy during a competition-based energy reduction intervention
- University of Southern California (CA)
Purpose The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the impact of a competition-based intervention combining high-resolution electricity feedback, incentives, information and prompts on college dormitory residents’ energy consumption and …
- Posted July 18, 2016
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Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Materials Guidebook
- ACPA - College Student Educators International (DC)
ACPA’s Sustainability Task Force partnered with the Commission on Assessment and Evaluation with the goal of creating assessment tools to help ACPA members effectively measure student learning around sustainability. This …
- Posted July 18, 2016
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The State College Role in Advancing Environmental Sustainability: Policies, Programs and Practices
- American Association of State Colleges and Universities (DC)
The American higher education enterprise has the capacity and fortitude to confront many of the country’s most pressing energy and environmental challenges. Many institutions and state college systems are using …
- Posted July 18, 2016
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Sustainability Education: The What and How for Mathematics
- Ithaca College (NY)
In this article we provide a simple way to think about the concept of sustainability and provide a number of examples for incorporating sustainability education into commonly taught mathematics courses. …
- Posted July 13, 2016
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Foreign Languages and Sustainability: Addressing the Connections, Communities, and Comparisons Standards in Higher Education
- Clarion University of Pennsylvania (PA)
- Queen's University
This article describes an interdisciplinary collaboration that combined the study of German language with instruction in environmental issues (sustainable development). The project, involving both an independent study and a classroom …
- Posted July 13, 2016
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Composition and Sustainability: Teaching for a Threatened Generation
- St. John's University, New York (NY)
While sustainability - meeting today’s needs without jeopardizing the interests of future generations - has become a dominating force in a range of disciplines, it has yet to play a …
- Posted July 13, 2016
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The Greening of the Language Arts: Considering Sustainability Outside of the Science Classroom
- Western Washington University (WA)
If the concept of sustainability is studied at all in middle or high school, chances are that study is taking place in the science classroom. After all, the topic of …
- Posted July 13, 2016
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Incorporating Global Sustainability in the Business Language Curriculum
- San Diego State University (CA)
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
“Providing food, water, energy and other human needs to the world's entire population without harming the environment is a formidable task,” according to Purdue University’s Global Sustainability Institute. Global sustainability …
- Posted July 13, 2016
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Sustainability Pedagogies for the Business Language Classroom
- George Washington University (DC)
Heightened urgency about the question of the earth’s survival has generated increased attention to how to teach sustainability across the curriculum. The business language course, positioned at the nexus of …
- Posted July 13, 2016
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Sustainability Programming is an Ethical Obligation for Higher Education in the Environmental Century
- Unity Environmental University (ME)
Development of a sustainable relationship with our natural resources is an imperative for any meaningful quality of life as climate change poses the ultimate test of our adaptability as a …
- Posted July 7, 2016
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Transforming US higher education to support sustainability science for a resilient future: the influence of institutional administrative organization
- Unity Environmental University (ME)
Interdisciplinary environmental and sustainability (IES) academic programs have an important and distinctive role in education for sustainability: preparing sustainability-oriented problem solvers who work at the science–policy, science–management, and policy–management interfaces. …
- Posted July 7, 2016
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Learning outcomes for sustainable development in higher education
This paper sets out to discuss the commonalities that can be found in learning outcomes (LOs) for education for sustainable development in the context of the Tbilisi and Barcelona declarations. …
- Posted July 6, 2016
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Developing Learning Outcomes for Sustainability
- Macquarie University (NSW)
This resource provides information on how to develop learning outcomes for sustainability, including examples sourced from unit outlines across the university.
- Posted July 6, 2016
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Ethical internationalisation in higher education: interfaces with international development and sustainability
- University of Alberta (AB)
- University of British Columbia (BC)
This analysis is situated within a larger project focusing on ethics and internationalization in higher education. Internationalization is occurring at a fast pace and encompasses overlapping and contradictory aims largely …
- Posted July 5, 2016
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Regenerative Sustainable Development of Universities and Cities The Role of Living Laboratories
Now that the Earth has reached the limits of its biophysical carrying capacity, we have to change technologies, social practices and social norms relating to material production and consumption to …
- Posted July 5, 2016
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Environmental Navigation Network: Developing a Peer Mentor Program in the Environmental Program at the University of Vermont
- University of Vermont (VT)
The acknowledgement of complex environmental problems and society’s work to address them during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, inspired higher education to respond by developing a high number of …
- Posted July 5, 2016
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Recycling at Institutions of Higher Education: Causal Conditions for Disparate Performance and Opportunity for Reform
- Texas Tech University (TX)
Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) are viewed as analogous to small cities because of similarities in organizational structure and operational procedures. The existing literature on sustainability in higher education lacks …
- Posted July 5, 2016
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A Sustainable Campus: The Sydney Declaration on Interspecies Sustainability
- University of Canterbury
- University of Technology Sydney
- University of Sydney (NSW)
Under the remit of an expanded definition of sustainability – one that acknowledges animal agriculture as a key carbon intensive industry, and one that includes interspecies ethics as an integral …
- Posted July 5, 2016
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A Higher Calling for Higher Education
Education and knowledge resources are more available today than ever before. However, humanity’s two main conflicts - coexistence with nature and coexistence with each other - remain unresolved. We need …
- Posted July 1, 2016
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Interdisciplinary environmental and sustainability education: islands of progress in a sea of dysfunction
- Brown University (RI)
- Unity Environmental University (ME)
This essay describes the inequity faced by most interdisciplinary environmental and sustainability (IES) degree programs and the impact of that inequity on student and faculty experiences. Despite the urgent need …
- Posted July 1, 2016
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Engaging with the contradictions of capitalism: Teaching "sustainability" in the business school
- University of Sydney (NSW)
- The University of Newcastle (NSW)
The chapter explores how sustainability education might contribute to a reimagining of our economic system and the role of business. Based on our experience in developing and teaching sustainability curricula …
- Posted July 1, 2016
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Toward the Development of Robust Learning for Sustainability Core Competencies
- Western Michigan University (MI)
This paper presents the results of a workshop on "Learning for Sustainability Core Competencies" held at AASHE's annual conference. The authors review research on core competencies in education for sustainability …
- Posted July 1, 2016
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New Developments in Engineering Education for Sustainable Development
This book discusses essential approaches and methods in connection with engineering education for sustainable development. Prepared as a follow-up to the 2015 Engineering Education in Sustainable Development (EESD) Conference held …
- Posted June 28, 2016
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A Big Hairy Audacious Goal: Marketing University Sustainability Credentials
- University of Leeds (West Yorkshire)
- St. Lawrence University (NY)
- Ithaca College (NY)
- University of Plymouth (Devon)
- Bradford University (West Yorkshire)
- Northland College (WI)
- College of the Atlantic (ME)
- University of Gloucestershire (Gloucestershire)
This paper explores the potential recruitment and retention benefits arising from the marketing of University of Plymouth’s sustainability credentials. It attempts this by:
- reviewing academic and professional literature on higher …
- Posted June 27, 2016
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More colleges using green as selling tool
- USA TODAY (VA)
USA Today reports that "universities and colleges across the country are increasingly putting on the green to attract students who are serious about environmental issues."
- Posted June 27, 2016
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As colleges add green majors and minors, classes fill up
- USA TODAY (VA)
Colleges are rapidly adding new majors and minors in green studies, and students are filling them fast.
- Posted June 23, 2016
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First-year student attitudes towards, and skills in, sustainable development
- Higher Education Academy (York)
This report on student attitudes towards, and skills in, sustainable development describes the results of an online survey of 5,763 first-year higher education (HE) students, across all four UK member …
- Posted June 23, 2016
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Sustainability Field Booms on Campus
This article describes fast growth in continuing education programs focused on sustainability.
- Posted June 23, 2016
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Responsible Business: The Textbook for Management Learning, Competence and Innovation
- Tecnológico de Monterrey – Campus Monterrey (Nuevo Leon)
As sustainable development becomes an increasingly important strategic issue for all organizations, there is a growing need for management and executive education to adapt to this new reality. This textbook …
- Posted June 23, 2016
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Educating for Responsible Management: Putting Theory Into Practice
- Nazareth College (NY)
The global community is looking towards business to play its role in creating a just and fair economy. This increases the urgency and relevance of new approaches to management education …
- Posted June 23, 2016
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University Students as Change agents? A Comparative Study of the Role of Students in Higher Education for Sustainable Development in Germany and Sweden
- Uppsala University
To readjust the direction of social development and to enable sustainable learning for students at all levels, international policy emphasises the necessity to transform education systems based on a whole …
- Posted June 23, 2016
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Sustainable Happiness, Living Campus, and Wellbeing for All
- Dawson College (QC)
- Cape Breton University (NS)
There is a definite and heartening movement afoot in many education circles. The widespread recognition that formal education is destined for sweeping changes begins with redefining its very purpose. This, …
- Posted June 21, 2016
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Looking through the “greenwashing glass cage” of the green league table towards the sustainability challenge for UK universities
Purpose – This paper aims to critically focus on the UK's People & Planet's “green league table” in order to explore to what extent such league tables contribute to the …
- Posted June 21, 2016
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Identifying Strength and Weakness of Sustainable Higher Educational Assessment Approaches
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
Sustainable Higher Education (SHE) is regarded as one of the most influential medium of facilitating sustainable development movement in the world. SHE assessment approaches are tools or frameworks which assesses …
- Posted June 20, 2016
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Campus sustainability at the edges: Emotions, relations, and bio-cultural connections
- Temple University (PA)
The university campus is often considered a key site for the development of environmental sustainability initiatives. At the same time, the concept and practice of sustainability has been critiqued for …
- Posted June 20, 2016
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Pre-Service Teachers and Climate Change: A Stalemate?
- James Cook University (Queensland)
Findings from the second phase of a study of pre-service teachers’ attitudes to environmental education and knowledge of climate change are reported in this paper. A sample of 87 pre-service …
- Posted June 20, 2016
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Teaching Education for Sustainable Development at University Level
This book introduces readers to the latest research and findings from projects focusing on teaching education for sustainable development at universities. In particular, it describes practical experiences, outline courses, training …
- Posted June 16, 2016
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The Cinnamon Roll Challenge: Promoting Reductions in Energy Consumption Through Energy Dashboards and Behavioral Influence
- Rice University (TX)
With an understanding of buildings as major sources of energy waste, our team set out to reduce student consumption in dorm rooms, the area that we have the most control …
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Improving the High-Rise Life
- Rice University (TX)
Our paper analyzed various "green" methods for a hypothetical future dorm on Rice University's campus in Houston, Texas. The cumulation of a semester's work, this project delved into sustainable design …
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Sustainable development at the core of undergraduate engineering curriculum reform: a new introductory course in chemical engineering
- University of Cape Town
Most efforts to reform engineering curricula to focus on sustainable development have to date been at the level of individual, senior, often elective, courses. Although sophisticated arguments have been mounted …
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Developing a university-wide course on sustainability: a critical evaluation of planning and implementation
- University of New Haven (CT)
Sustainability is an issue of increasing importance in today's world. Institutions of higher education are undergoing change towards incorporating sustainable development principles within their teaching, research, service, and community outreach …
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Teaching organisational change management for sustainability: designing and delivering a course at the University of Leeds to better prepare future sustainability change agents
- University of British Columbia (BC)
- Utrecht University
- University of Leeds (West Yorkshire)
- KU Leuven
A number of universities worldwide have created new courses and degrees or modified existing ones, as a response to the increasing interest by companies to hire sustainability literate graduates. However, …
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Fostering the incorporation of sustainable development in higher education. Lessons learned from a change management perspective
- UC Leuven-Limburg
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
In research and literature about integration of sustainable development in higher education, particular attention is given towards barriers for change and critical success factors, mainly with a focus on organisational …
- Posted June 10, 2016
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What lies beneath the surface? The hidden complexities of organizational change for sustainability in higher education
- University of Brighton
Higher education institutions have an important role to play in the transition towards a more sustainable global society. In this context, many universities have embarked on a journey towards ‘sustainability’, …
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Process framework for identifying sustainability aspects in university curricula and integrating education for sustainable development
- University of Turku
Sustainability aspects in higher education must be enhanced with more concrete actions. Universities are globally required to have quality assurance to secure and improve teaching and learning, and they use …
- Posted June 10, 2016
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