The 'Key Issues in Higher Education' series aims to raise both awareness and the. standards of debate on the fundamental issues that lie at the very heart of higher. education and intends to assist national and international debate. Higher Education...
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The 'Key Issues in Higher Education' series aims to raise both awareness and the. standards of debate on the fundamental issues that lie at the very heart of higher. education and intends to assist national and international debate. Higher Education and Sustainable Development examines whether it is actually possible to mandate, plan, monitor and evaluate the higher education sector's route to the production of educated, innovative, independent, self-determining, critical individuals while at the same time achieving a range of wider policy goals on the side. This book examines this question in
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 What is higher education for?; Chapter 2 Sustainable development and the free society; Chapter 3 Sustaining development; Chapter 4 Case Study One - An international initiative in higher education management: University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF); Chapter 5 Case Study Two - United Nations Environment Programme initiative: Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability in African Universities (MESA)
Chapter 6 Case Study Three - A UNESCO initiative: Re-orienting teacher education to address sustainabilityChapter 7 Case Study Four - Sustainable development and higher education management: The work of the Higher Education Funding Council for England; Chapter 8 Case Study Five - Russian interpretation of sustainability and its reflection in higher education; Chapter 9 Case Study Six - Sustainability in management education: An initiative in sustainable procurement training
Chapter 10 Case Study Seven - Sustainability in engineering education: The Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professors SchemeChapter 11 The case studies: Clarity and confusion; Chapter 12 The environment in sustainable development and higher education; Chapter 13 Society in sustainable development and higher education; Chapter 14 Economy in sustainable development and higher education; Chapter 15 Individual learning in higher education; Chapter 16 Collective learning in higher education; Chapter 17 Linking learning and research
Chapter 18 Managing sustainable development in higher education: Context and principlesChapter 19 Managing change; Chapter 20 Managing across the organisational boundary; Chapter 21 Higher education and sustainable development: An identity of interest?; References; Index;
What is higher education for? -- Sustainable development and the free society -- Sustaining development -- An international initiative in higher education management: university leaders for a sustainable future (USLF) -- A United Nations environment programme initiative: mainstreaming environment and sustainability in African universities (MESA) -- A Unesco initiative: re-orienting teacher education to address sustainability -- Sustainable development and higher education management: the work of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) -- Russian interpretation of sustainability and its reflection in higher education -- Sustainability in management education: an initiative in sustainable procurement training -- Sustainability in engineering education: the Royal Academy of Engineering visiting professors scheme -- The case studies: clarity and confusion -- The environment in sustainable development and higher education -- Society in sustainable development and higher education -- Economy in sustainable development and higher education -- Individual learning in higher education -- Collective learning in higher education -- Linking learning and research -- Managing sustainable development in higher education: context and principles -- Managing change -- Managing across the organisational boundary -- Higher education and sustainable development: an identity of interest?
