The sustainable university
Subtitle: green goals and new challenges for higher education leaders
By: [edited by] James Martin, James E. Samels & associates
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9781421404592
Subjects: Energy conservation; Sustainability; College buildings; Universities and colleges
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The sustainable university: a need to move forward / James Martin and James E. Samels; title: Promises made and promises lost: a candid assessment of higher education leadership and the sustainability agenda  / Anthony D. Cortese; title: Trends, skills, and strategies to catalyze sustainability across institutions / Debra Rowe and Aurora Lang Winslade; title: Measuring campus sustainability performance: implementing the first sustainability tracking, assessment, and rating system (STARS) / Judy Walton and Laura Matson; title: Institutionalizing sustainability: achieving transformations from the inside / Leith Sharp and Cindy Pollock Shea; title: Sustainability: shifting definitions and evolving meanings / Davis Bookhart; title: Sustainable citizenship: the challenge for students and their institutions / Terry Link; title: Sustainability and the presidency: five starting points / Jo Ann Gora and Robert J. Koester; title: Not so fast: a dose of reality about sustainability / Thomas Buchanan and Tara Evans; title: The importance of sustainability in the community college setting  / Mary Spilde; title: Sustainability, leadership, and the role of the chief academic officer / Geoffrey Chase, Peggy Barlett, and Rick Fairbanks; title: Greening the endowment / Mary Jo Maydew; title: Sustainability and higher education architecture: best practices for institutional leaders / Scott Carlson; title: 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; title: University athletics and sustainability: start on the field / DeDee DeLongpre Johnston and Dave Newport; title: The impact of sustainability on institutional quality assurance and accreditation / Sandra Elman; title: Green legal: creating a culture of vigilance, compliance, and sustainability thinking / James E. Samels and James Martin; title: Conclusion: new goals and new challenges for institutional leaders / James Martin and James E. Samels.