Sustainability, internationalization, and higher education
โ Scribed by Tarah S. A. Wright
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 81 KB
- Volume
- 2009
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-0633
- DOI
- 10.1002/tl.357
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โฆ Synopsis
Abstract
Universities can contribute to a vision of global sustainability through research, teaching, and acting as models in their own physical operations. This chapter examines the role universities can and must play in achieving global sustainability and how this relates to the internationalization of the institution.
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