The sustainable university [[electronic resource] ] : green goals and new challenges for higher education leaders / / James Martin, James E. Samels & associates

• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.1/960973
• Soggetto topico: Universities and colleges - Environmental aspects - United States; College buildings - Energy conservation - United States; Sustainability
• Altri autori: MartinJames <1948 January 14-> SamelsJames E
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-306) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The sustainable university: a need to move forward / James Martin and James E. Samels -- Promises made and promises lost: a candid assessment of higher education leadership and the sustainability agenda / Anthony D. Cortese -- Trends, skills, and strategies to catalyze sustainability across institutions / Debra Rowe and Aurora Lang Winslade -- Measuring campus sustainability performance: implementing the first sustainability tracking, assessment, and rating system (STARS) / Judy Walton and Laura Matson -- Institutionalizing sustainability: achieving transformations from the inside / Leith Sharp and Cindy Pollock Shea -- Sustainability: shifting definitions and evolving meanings / Davis Bookhart -- Sustainable citizenship: the challenge for students and their institutions / Terry Link -- Sustainability and the presidency: five starting points / Jo Ann Gora and Robert J. Koester -- Not so fast: a dose of reality about sustainability / Thomas Buchanan and Tara Evans -- The importance of sustainability in the community college setting / Mary Spilde -- Sustainability, leadership, and the role of the chief academic officer / Geoffrey Chase, Peggy Barlett, and Rick Fairbanks -- Greening the endowment / Mary Jo Maydew -- Sustainability and higher education architecture: best practices for institutional leaders / Scott Carlson -- Sustainable campus housing: building a better place / Norbert W. Dunkel and Lynne Deninger / Food for thought: building sustainable food systems and healthy communities / Howard L. Sacks -- University athletics and sustainability: start on the field / DeDee DeLongpre Johnston and Dave Newport -- The impact of sustainability on institutional quality assurance and accreditation / Sandra Elman -- Green legal: creating a culture of vigilance, compliance, and sustainability thinking / James E. Samels and James Martin -- Conclusion: new goals and new challenges for institutional leaders / James Martin and James E. Samels.
• Titolo autorizzato: The sustainable university
• ISBN: 1-4214-0628-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823572403321
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