This Handbook illustrates that universities per se and higher
education in general are essential to catalyze and action the
transformative change needed for sustainability and delivery of the
Sustainable Development Goals. Part One shows how sustainability can
be adopted as a driver of change within higher education institutions
(HEIs), as they react and respond to influencing factors outside the
academy. Part Two examines how a university working with and for
sustainability can influence, effect and amplify change beyond the
institution, working with and through others. International
contributors explore regional, national and international
perspectives, presenting a variety of critically assessed accounts
case studies that reflect different local and national contexts,
institutional archetypes and academic missions. Frameworks of
sustainability-led transformation are illustrated at the level of the
institution (executive/administrative), organization, culture,
place-based (anchor) and student in various countries including Aruba,
Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Lebanon, Nepal, New
Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, Uganda, United Kingdom and the
United States of America. The book concludes with a manifesto for
change and a call to action. It identifies that the sustainability
journey of a HEI is influenced by context and place, with mission,
leadership and strategy playing a vital role and change agency by
students a key ingredient. Recognizing the patience and resolve to
effect change, communication, dialogue and inclusion were central to
community building and partnership.
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An Agenda for Transformational Change
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781350244368
Publisert
2023
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Bloomsbury UK
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter