Reprint

Sustainability Assessment in Higher Education Institutions

Edited by
July 2020
228 pages
  • ISBN978-3-03936-535-7 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-03936-536-4 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Sustainability Assessment in Higher Education Institutions that was published in

Business & Economics
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities
Summary

This Special Issue, “Sustainability Assessment in Higher Education Institutions”, provides peer-reviewed research from several geographies and institutions and covering various topics with the broad objective of achieving an assessment of the effectiveness and impact of different implementation dimensions, measuring and evaluating how sustainability is being applied in practice. A set of nine papers, covering sustainability education, interdisciplinary teaching, sustainable assessment, governance strategies, commitments and practices, and social responsibility at higher education institutions, contribute significantly to this area of knowledge.

Format
  • Hardback
License
© 2020 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
sustainability education; qualitative research; interviews; implementation barriers; world-class universities; newly-formed; sustainability; rankings; indicators; initiatives; commitments; education for sustainable development; Portuguese; practices; sustainability reports; universities; sustainable development; International Scholarly Exchange Curriculum (ISEC) standards; university teacher evaluation and improvement; multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM); decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL); DEMATEL-based analytical network process (DANP); importance-performance analysis (IPA); university policies on sustainability; scientometric indicators; Web of Science; CORDIS; Spanish university system; motivation; human capital investments; generation of business value; sustainability; universities; academic performance; cooperative learning; engagement; engineering; interdisciplinary learning; nursing; resilience; social network analysis; students; responsible management; higher education institutions; social performance; institutional theory; systematic review; higher education institutions; sustainability benchmarking; sustainability tracking; assessment and rating systemTM; green metrics; education for sustainability; education for sustainable development; higher education institutions; commitments; practices