Greening the Ivory Tower: A Review of Educational Research on Sustainability in Post-Secondary Education
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Review Methods
3. Results and Discussion
- Research comparing sustainability curricula across institutions (both within specific disciplines of study and across disciplines);
- Research comparing campus operations policies and practice across multiple institutions; and
- Research on how to best measure or audit approaches and outputs in sustainability in PSE.
3.1. Curricula
Existing Structures | New Structures | |
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Narrow (discipline-specific) | I. Integrate into existing course(s), minor(s), major(s) or program(s) | II. Create new, discipline-specific sustainability course(s), minor(s), major(s) or program(s) |
Broad (cross-disciplinary) | III. Integrate into common core requirements | IV. Create new, cross-disciplinary sustainability course(s), minor(s), major(s) or program(s) |
3.2. Comparing Campus Operations Policies
3.3. Measuring Sustainability
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflict of Interest
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Vaughter, P.; Wright, T.; McKenzie, M.; Lidstone, L. Greening the Ivory Tower: A Review of Educational Research on Sustainability in Post-Secondary Education. Sustainability 2013, 5, 2252-2271. https://doi.org/10.3390/su5052252
Vaughter P, Wright T, McKenzie M, Lidstone L. Greening the Ivory Tower: A Review of Educational Research on Sustainability in Post-Secondary Education. Sustainability. 2013; 5(5):2252-2271. https://doi.org/10.3390/su5052252
Chicago/Turabian StyleVaughter, Philip, Tarah Wright, Marcia McKenzie, and Lauri Lidstone. 2013. "Greening the Ivory Tower: A Review of Educational Research on Sustainability in Post-Secondary Education" Sustainability 5, no. 5: 2252-2271. https://doi.org/10.3390/su5052252
APA StyleVaughter, P., Wright, T., McKenzie, M., & Lidstone, L. (2013). Greening the Ivory Tower: A Review of Educational Research on Sustainability in Post-Secondary Education. Sustainability, 5(5), 2252-2271. https://doi.org/10.3390/su5052252