Higher Education and the Challenge of Sustainability: Problematics, Promise, and Practice
Sustainability challenges universities around the world to rethink their missions and to re-structure their courses, research programs, and life on campus. Graduates are increasingly exposed to notions of sustainability, which are emotionally, politically, ethically, and scientifically charged. They must be able to deal with conflicting norms and values, uncertain outcomes and futures, and a changing knowledge base. At the same time, they will need to be able to contextualize knowledge in an increasingly globalized society. This book provides a variety of valuable theoretical and practical resources for students, teachers, researchers, and administrators who seek to integrate sustainability in higher education. Sustainability is not only explored as both an outcome and a process of learning but as a catalyst for educational change and institutional innovation. The book raises the various problematics related to this inchoate field and provides an intellectual history and critical assessment of the prospects for institutionalizing sustainability in higher education.Sustainability challenges universities around the world to rethink their missions and to re-structure their courses, research programs, and life on campus. Graduates are increasingly exposed to notions of sustainability, which are emotionally, politically, ethically, and scientifically charged. They must be able to deal with conflicting norms and values, uncertain outcomes and futures, and a changing knowledge base. At the same time, they will need to be able to contextualize knowledge in an increasingly globalized society. This book provides a variety of valuable theoretical and practical resources for students, teachers, researchers, and administrators who seek to integrate sustainability in higher education. Sustainability is not only explored as both an outcome and a process of learning but as a catalyst for educational change and institutional innovation. The book raises the various problematics related to this inchoate field and provides an intellectual history and critical assessment of the prospects for institutionalizing sustainability in higher education.
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Description of Higher Education and the Challenge of Sustainability: Problematics, Promise, and Practice
Sustainability challenges universities around the world to rethink their missions and to re-structure their courses, research programs, and life on campus. Graduates are increasingly exposed to notion
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2007 May 08
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Adam Grant has been Wharton’s top-rated professor for 7 straight years. As an organizational psychologist, he is a leading expert on how we can find motivation and meaning, and live more generous and creative lives. He has been recognized as one of the world’s 10 most influential management thinkers and Fortune’s 40 under 40. He is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 5 books that have sold millions of copies and been translated into 45 languages: [Think Again](http://www.adamgrant.net/thinkagain), [Give and Take](http://adamgrant.net/giveandtake), [Originals](http://adamgrant.net/originals), [Option B](http://adamgrant.net/optionb), and [Power Moves](http://adamgrant.net/books). His books have been named among the year’s best by Amazon, Apple, the Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal. His viral New York Times piece on languishing was the [most-saved article](https://getpocket.com/collections/pockets-most-read-articles-in-2021) of all of 2021. Adam hosts [WorkLife](http://adamgrant.net/worklife), a chart-topping TED original podcast. His [TED talks](https://www.adamgrant.net/speaking/) on original thinkers and givers and takers have been viewed more than 30 million times. He received a standing ovation at TED in 2016 and was voted the audience’s favorite speaker at The Nantucket Project. His speaking and consulting clients include Google, the NBA, Bridgewater, and the Gates Foundation. He writes on work and psychology for the New York Times, has served on the Defense Innovation Board at the Pentagon, and has been honored as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He has more than 5 million followers on social media and features new insights in his free monthly newsletter, GRANTED.
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Adrienne Watt is an instructor at Douglas College and Northwest Community College, and an Open Textbook advocate. Since 1989, Adrienne has worked as an educator and gained extensive experience developing and delivering business and technology curriculum to post-secondary students. During that time she ran a successful software development business. In the business, she worked as an IT Professional in a variety of senior positions including Project Manager, Database Designer, Administrator, and Business Analyst.
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