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The Changing Concerns of Higher Education. Examining The World Bank's Papers on Higher Education Since 1994
In this article Amy H. Ewen of the University of Kassel presents a historical comparative analysis of the World Bank reports on Higher Education. She critically engages with the proposals of the World Bank emphasizing its success and learning process. She briefly reviews some of the core tenets of...
Living and Learning Sustainability in Higher Education: A Research Study on Indicators of Social Learning
Higher education institutions not only provide research and policy in sustainability, but also create and facilitate environments for students and staff to develop their understanding and responses to sustainability. Sustainability learning opportunities in higher education are often thought to...
Process Model of Intercultural Competence
The author presents a framework of intercultural competence, based on a grounded-research approach. This framework, has found resonance in different cultural contexts, and can be used to guide curriculum and assessment as well as to raise questions for further research and discussion.
Teaching Teachers to teach Sustainability – A cross-disciplinary course for integrating ESD in Higher Education
On the order of the vice chancellor an in-service course on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) for University Teachers has been developed. The basic aim of the course is to strengthen the university teachers´ competence to integrate Sustainable Development (SD) in their teaching. The...
Initiating and Managing a University-wide, Transdisciplinary Commitment to Sustainability at a Large Public Institution
Arizona State University has a university-wide, transdisciplinary commitment to sustainability education, research, and outreach and business operations. All academic, administrative, business and support units are expected to participate in achieving its sustainability goals and are guided by the...
Academic Impact: Fresh Educational Principles for a New Millennium of Global Challenges
This article explains the Academic Impact initiative started by the United Nations. Along with the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005—2014, DESD), and the UN Millennium Development goals, Academic Impact assumes an active role of assuring ten universally accepted principles in...
Educational Innovation in Universitary Education. A proposal from the UNESCO Chair in Environmental Education and Sustanaible Development (UNED)
The Unesco Chair in Environmental Education and Sustainable Development of UNED considers that the methodological changes motivated by the Bolonia Process offer an opportunity to intensify the research in the field of teaching innovation. Following this line of work, it is carrying out multiple...
Higher Education's Commitment to Sustainability: from Understanding to Action
Higher Education's Commitment to Sustainability: from Understanding to Action
Grassroots Cross‐boundary Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons from the Process of Designing Transformative
The Initiative for Transformative Sustainability Education (ITSE) at Wageningen University is a grassroots working group of academics, teachers, and students who have developed a framework for cross‐boundary sustainability education that addresses theoretical knowledge and practical skills, but...
Resilience in social–ecological systems: the roles of learning and education
In this article Marianne E. Krasny, Cecilia Lundholm and Ryan Plummer present the Special Issue on “Resilience in social-ecological systems: the roles of learning and education”, published in Environmental Education Research, Volume 16 (5, 6), 2010.
Environmental Design in University Curricula and Architectural Training in Europe (EDUCATE)
Widespread awareness of climate change – together with the requirements of new regulations – is triggering professional demands for architects with advanced skills in sustainable environmental design. Regrettably, several pedagogical barriers hinder the comprehensive implementation of environmental...
A roadmap to SISD: System Integration of Sustainable Development in Higher Education
In this article Rodra Niko of the Avans University develops a myriad of instruments for education development aimed at the integration of sustainable development into the competence profiles and curricula of university programs.
Joint development and implementation of the master program ‘Regional Policies and Development’
The University of Graz, Austria, in collaboration with the University of Novi Sad, Serbia, have developed and implemented a master program on ‘Regional Policies and Development’ at the University of Novi Sad. Both the curriculum as well as joint lectures have resulted from this cooperation. The...
Designing and Implementing a Pan-University commitment to Sustainability
Rob Melnick, Executive Dean of the Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS) at Arizona State University (ASU), explains how GIOS brings together faculty leaders from multiple disciplines to train the next generation of sustainability leaders, practitioners, and entrepreneurs. Its research...
Universities and Human Rights
Universities have often been focal points in the defence of human rights. In this issue, we give examples of universities that have acted in response to or have stood up to denounce human rights abuses during conflicts or dictatorships in their countries.

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The Changing Concerns of Higher Education. Examining The World Bank's Papers on Higher Education Since 1994

Living and Learning Sustainability in Higher Education: A Research Study on Indicators of Social Learning

Process Model of Intercultural Competence

Teaching Teachers to teach Sustainability – A cross-disciplinary course for integrating ESD in Higher Education

Initiating and Managing a University-wide, Transdisciplinary Commitment to Sustainability at a Large Public Institution

Academic Impact: Fresh Educational Principles for a New Millennium of Global Challenges

Educational Innovation in Universitary Education. A proposal from the UNESCO Chair in Environmental Education and Sustanaible Development (UNED)

Higher Education's Commitment to Sustainability: from Understanding to Action

Grassroots Cross‐boundary Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons from the Process of Designing Transformative

Resilience in social–ecological systems: the roles of learning and education

Environmental Design in University Curricula and Architectural Training in Europe (EDUCATE)

A roadmap to SISD: System Integration of Sustainable Development in Higher Education

Joint development and implementation of the master program ‘Regional Policies and Development’

Designing and Implementing a Pan-University commitment to Sustainability

Universities and Human Rights

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