The sustainable university green goals and new challenges for higher education leaders /

The sustainable university green goals and new challenges for higher education leaders / James Martin, James E. Samels and associates. - Baltimore,[ Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xx, 331 pages) : illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The sustainable university: a need to move forward / Promises made and promises lost: a candid assessment of higher education leadership and the sustainability agenda / Trends, skills, and strategies to catalyze sustainability across institutions / Measuring campus sustainability performance: implementing the first sustainability tracking, assessment, and rating system (STARS) / Institutionalizing sustainability: achieving transformations from the inside / Sustainability: shifting definitions and evolving meanings / Sustainable citizenship: the challenge for students and their institutions / Sustainability and the presidency: five starting points / Not so fast: a dose of reality about sustainability / The importance of sustainability in the community college setting / Sustainability, leadership, and the role of the chief academic officer / Greening the endowment / Sustainability and higher education architecture: best practices for institutional leaders / Sustainable campus housing: building a better place / University athletics and sustainability: start on the field / The impact of sustainability on institutional quality assurance and accreditation / Green legal: creating a culture of vigilance, compliance, and sustainability thinking / Conclusion: new goals and new challenges for institutional leaders / James Martin and James E. Samels -- Anthony D. Cortese -- Debra Rowe and Aurora Lang Winslade -- Judy Walton and Laura Matson -- Leith Sharp and Cindy Pollock Shea -- Davis Bookhart -- Terry Link -- Jo Ann Gora and Robert J. Koester -- Thomas Buchanan and Tara Evans -- Mary Spilde -- Geoffrey Chase, Peggy Barlett, and Rick Fairbanks -- Mary Jo Maydew -- Scott Carlson -- Norbert W. Dunkel and Lynne Deninger / Food for thought: building sustainable food systems and healthy communities / Howard L. Sacks -- DeDee DeLongpre Johnston and Dave Newport -- Sandra Elman -- James E. Samels and James Martin -- James Martin and James E. Samels.



9781421406282


Universities and colleges--Environmental aspects--United States.
College buildings--Energy conservation--United States.
Sustainability.


Electronic Books.

LB3223 / .S878 2012