Camille
M. Kirk. 2003. Introduction: Sustainability: Taking the Long View. Planning
for Higher Education. 31(3): 9-12.
Abstract:
Statistics demonstrate that our present land use and consumption patterns
present a challenge of meeting contemporary needs without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their needs. Higher education has a
special obligation to answer this challenge because it plays a role in producing
the leaders, policy makers, and citizens of the world, and it uses a large
share of resources to do so. To meet this challenge, sustainable practices
and paradigms must permeate colleges and universities, from curricula to physical
plant to leadership and institutional policies. The articles in this special
theme issue discuss methods for incorporating sustainability into higher education
across a wide array of institutional realms.
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