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Universities on fire : higher education in the climate crisis / Bryan Alexander.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, Bryan, 1967- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental education.
- Environmental sciences--Study and teaching.
- Environmental sciences.
- Climatic changes.
- Climatic changes--Study and teaching.
- Communication in the environmental sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 284 pages) : illustrations (black and white), map.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Academia wades into the Anthropocene
- Part 1: Universities on Fire, Under Water
- 1. Uprooting the campus
- 2. Doing research in the Anthropocene
- 3. Teaching to the end of the world
- Part 2: The World, The College, and the Global Emergency
- 4. The transformation of town and gown
- 5. Academia in the world
- Part 3: Choices for Universities in a World on Fire
- 6. Best case and worst case
- 7. What is to be done.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Brigode Family Endowment.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781421446493 (electronic bk.)
- 1421446499 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99993186451
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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