Higher education and sustainable development : paradox and possibility / Stephen Gough and William Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gough, Stephen, 1953-

Contributor:

Scott, William, 1946-

Series:

Key issues in higher education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Economic aspects.

Education, Higher.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

xiv, 194 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Summary:

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 the context of a particular international policy issue - sustainable development - which is now seen across the globe as a necessary and urgent response to a range of social and environmental issues that threaten the integrity of the biosphere and human well-being. The book concludes that the idea of sustainable development holds both opportunities and dangers for universities as they pursue their proper role in a free society.

Illustrated by seven in-depth case studies, this book considers the complex interrelationships of a free society and sustainable development in the context of higher education, and aims to make recommendations for realistic future development. It is essential reading for the international higher education research community, policy-makers, university managers, students and non-governmental organisations in the development, environment and social policy sectors.

Contents:

What is higher education for?

Sustainable development and the free society

Sustaining development

Case study one - an international initiative in higher education management : university leaders for a sustainable future (USLF)

Case study two - a United Nations environment programme initiative : mainstreaming environment and sustainability in African universities (MESA)

Case study three - a UNESCO initiative : re-orienting teacher education to address sustainability

Case study four - sustainable development and higher education management : the work of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)

Case study five - Russian interpretation of sustainability and its reflection in higher education / Nikolai S. Kasimov, Yuri L. Mazurov

Case study six - sustainability in management education : an initiative in sustainable procurement training

Case study seven - 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?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [174]-182) and index.

ISBN:

0415416523

0203938429

9780415416528

9780203938423

OCLC:

154308799

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