The sustainable university green goals and new challenges for higher education leaders / James Martin, James E. Samels & associates.
| Other author | Martin, James, 1948 January 14- |
| Other author | Samels, James E. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Baltimore,[ Md.] : Johns Hopkins University Press, |
| Description | xx, 331 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Contents | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-306) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011026544 |
| ISBN | 9781421404592 (hdbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1421404591 (hdbk. : alk. paper) |