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A Case Study on the Effectiveness of Cocurricular Interdisciplinary Sustainability Programming for Graduate Students to Create Sustainability Leaders
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E. Woo; Margaret Wooldridge; Elizabeth Ann LaPorte – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of sustainability-focused, cocurricular, interdisciplinary programming for graduate students at creating future leaders in sustainability, i.e. did interdisciplinary sustainability programming further prepared graduate students in sustainability leadership beyond the scope of the…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Interdisciplinary Approach, Graduate Students, Leadership Training
How Management Education Is Engaging Students in the Sustainable Development Goals
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Weybrecht, Giselle – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: This paper aims to explore if, and how, business schools globally have been engaging their students in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), both inside and outside the classroom, since the SDGs were agreed upon in 2015 until mid-2020. Design/methodology/approach: The data is collected from information submitted as part of reporting…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, College Students, Business Administration Education, Business Schools
Enhancing Curricular Integration of the SDGs: Fostering Active Methodologies through Cross-Departmental Collaboration in a Spanish University
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Silvia Albareda-Tiana; Gabriel Fernandez-Borsot; Jasmina Berbegal-Mirabent; Elisa Regadera González; Marta Mas-Machuca; Mariona Graell; Alba Manresa; Mónica Fernández-Morilla; M. Teresa Fuertes-Camacho; Andreu Gutiérrez-Sierra; Josep M. Guardiola – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to assess the effectiveness of active teaching methodologies, namely, problem-oriented learning and the case method, to develop sustainability competencies. It also analyses the advantages and challenges for teachers when implementing the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in eight undergraduate and postgraduate degrees…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Departments, Program Implementation, Undergraduate Study
Organizational Change for Sustainability Education: A Case Study of One University's Efforts to Create and Implement Institution-Wide Sustainability Competencies
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Levesque, Vanessa R.; Wake, Cameron P. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine how the process of creating and implementing sustainability competencies across a university illuminate dynamics of organizational change. The push to advance education for sustainable development in higher education will likely require transformation of existing policies and practices. A set of…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Higher Education
Using Vertically Integrated Projects to Embed Research-Based Education for Sustainable Development in Undergraduate Curricula
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Strachan, Scott Munro; Marshall, Stephen; Murray, Paul; Coyle, Edward J.; Sonnenberg-Klein, Julia – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2019
Purpose: This paper aims to share the University of Strathclyde's experience of embedding research-based education for sustainable development (RBESD) within its undergraduate curricula through the use of an innovative pedagogy called Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP), originated at Georgia Institute of Technology. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods, Sustainable Development, Program Descriptions
Creating Space for Sustainability Literacy: The Case of Student-Centered Symposia
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Ouellet Dallaire, Camille; Trincsi, Kate; Ward, Melissa K.; Harris, Lorna I.; Jarvis, Larissa; Dryden, Rachel L.; MacDonald, Graham K. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: This paper reflects on the Sustainability Research Symposium (SRS), a long-term student-led initiative (seven years) at McGill University in Montréal, Canada, that seeks to foster interdisciplinary dialogue among students and researchers by using the sustainability sciences as a bridge concept. The purpose of this study is to explore the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Literacy, College Students