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" Higher education and sustainable development : "
Stephen Gough and William Scott.
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BL
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988803
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b743173
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| Main Entry
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Gough, Stephen,1953-
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| Title & Author
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Higher education and sustainable development : : paradox and possibility /\ Stephen Gough and William Scott.
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2007.
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Key issues in higher education series
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xiv, 194 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm.
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0203938429
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: 0415416523
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: 9780203938423
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: 9780415416528
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-182) and index.
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| Contents
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What is higher education for? -- Sustainable development and the free society -- Sustaining development -- Case study one -- an international initiative in higher education management: university leaders for a sustainable future (USLF) -- Case study two -- a United Nations environment programme initiative: mainstreaming environment and sustainability in African universities (MESA) -- Case study three -- a UNESCO initiative: re-orienting teacher education to address sustainability -- Case study four -- sustainable development and higher education management: the work of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) -- Case study five -- Russian interpretation of sustainability and its reflection in higher education / Nikolai S. Kasimov, Yuri L. Mazurov -- Case study six -- sustainability in management education: an initiative in sustainable procurement training -- Case study seven -- sustainability in engineering education: the Royal Academy of Engineering visiting professors scheme -- The case studies: clarity and confusion -- The environment in sustainable development and higher education -- Society in sustainable development and higher education -- Economy in sustainable development and higher education -- Individual learning in higher education -- Collective learning in higher education -- Linking learning and research -- Managing sustainable development in higher education: context and principles -- Managing change -- Managing across the organisational boundary -- Higher education and sustainable development: an identity of interest?
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Is it actually possible to mandate, plan, monitor and evaluate the higher education sector's route to the production of educated, innovative, independent, self-determining, critical individuals, while at the same time achieving a range of wider policy goals on the side?
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Education, Higher-- Economic aspects.
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Sustainable development.
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Education, Higher-- Economic aspects.
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Sustainable development.
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Hochschulbildung.
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Nachhaltigkeit.
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Umweltbewusstsein.
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| Dewey Classification
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378.015
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378.101
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LC67.6.G68 2007
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10ssgn
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24,2ssgn
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AL 19000rvk
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AL 20000rvk
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QX 850rvk
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Scott, William,1946-
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