Overview
- Features contributions by experts at all advanced levels of university life
- Explores the most up-to-date research on sustainable financial practices in higher education
- Includes specific recommendations that are targeted at university administration and management
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About this book
This edited collection presents, reviews, and critically analyzes sustainable practices and long-term-oriented decision-making in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Campus closures and the quick transition to hybrid or e-learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic caused HEI stakeholders, including students, faculty, and staff, to swiftly adopt new ways of learning, teaching, and administering that were unfathomable only months before. This radical and challenging shift left many in academia with a sense that there is tremendous potential for HEIs to take the lead – both from an educational and practical standpoint – in fostering on- and off-campus sustainability and combatting climate change. In this book, the editors and their contributors systematically highlight current challenges that are slowing or derailing HEIs’ finance-related initiatives and practices geared toward sustainability. The case studies collected in this book provide a holistic overview of the ways inwhich financial and other long-term decisions can lead to more sustainable practices in higher education.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Pedagogical Interventions Towards Sustainability
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On-Campus Sustainability Training
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Innovation and Strategic Development
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Multi-stakeholder Approaches to Advance Sustainability
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Thomas Walker is Professor in the Department of Finance at Concordia University, Canada.
Khaled Tarabieh is the University Architect and an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Sherif Goubran is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Gabrielle Machnik-Kekesi is Research Associate at Concordia University, Canada and a PhD Candidate at the University of Galway, Ireland.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable Practices in Higher Education
Book Subtitle: Finance, Strategy, and Engagement
Editors: Thomas Walker, Khaled Tarabieh, Sherif Goubran, Gabrielle Machnik-Kekesi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27807-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27806-8Published: 15 June 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27809-9Due: 28 June 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-27807-5Published: 14 June 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 249
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Higher Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Corporate Governance, Environmental and Sustainability Education