Sustainable Development and Quality Assurance in Higher Education
Transformation of Learning and Society
1st Edition
Published on 29. October 2014
XXXIV, 284 pages
978-1-137-45914-5 (ISBN)
Description
To help address the challenges of sustainable development, higher education institutions must transform themselves, bringing together best practice in quality management for tertiary education with best practice in education for sustainable development. This book provides tested strategies and pathways for undertaking this successfully.
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Z. Fadeeva | L. Galkute | C. Mader
Sustainable Development and Quality Assurance in Higher Education
Transformation of Learning and Society
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10/2014
Palgrave Macmillan
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Persons
Abd Malik Abd Aziz, Albukhary International University, Malaysia
Andrea Bernhard, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Katja Brundiers, Arizona State University, USA
Arthur Lyon Dahl, International Environment Forum, UK
Mario Diethart, University of Graz, Austria
Thomas Drage, University of Graz, Austria
Salfarina Abdul Gapor, Albukhary International University, Malaysia
Ellen Hazelkorn, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
Daniel J. Lang, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
Marlene Mader, University of Graz, Austria
Kathrin Maier, University of Graz, Austria
Steven Mannell, Dalhousie University, Canada
Jonas Meyer, University of Graz, Austria
Andreas Raggautz, Universities Austria in Vienna, Austria
Christian Rammel, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, International Association of Universities, France
Paul Rowland, Higher Education Consulting of Highlands Ranch, USA
Zainal Abidin Sanusi, Ministry of Education, Malaysia
Emma Savage, Dalhousie University, Canada
Nadine Shovakar, Universities Austria in Vienna, Austria
Monika Urbanski, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, USA
Oliver Vettori, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Arnim Wiek, Arizona State University, USA
Friedrich M. Zimmermann, University of Graz, Austria
Content
1. Assessment for Transformation: Higher Education Thrives in Redefining Quality Systems; Zinaida Fadeeva, Laima Galkute, Clemens Mader and Geoff Scott 2. Rankings and the Reconstruction of Knowledge during the Age of Austerity; Ellen Hazelkorn 3. Sustainable Engagement: Towards a Participative Quality Culture of Sustainable Development in Higher Education; Oliver Vettori and Christian Rammel 4. The Role of Assessment and Quality Management in Transformations towards Sustainable Development: The Nexus between Higher Education, Society and Policy; Clemens Mader 5. Drivers for Change in the Austrian University Sector: Implications for Quality Management; Andrea Bernhard and Nadine Shovakar 6. Quality Assurance System based on Sustainable Development Paradigm: The Lithuanian Perspective; Laima Galkute 7. Quality System Development at the University of Graz: Lessons Learned from the Case of RCE Graz-Styria; Friedrich M. Zimmermann, Andreas Raggautz, Kathrin Maier, Thomas Drage, Marlene Mader, Mario Diethart and Jonas Meyer 8. STARS as a Multi-Purpose Tool for Advancing Campus Sustainability in the USA; Monika Urbanski and Paul Rowland 9. Sustainability and Values Assessment in Higher Education; Arthur Lyon Dahl 10. Educating Sustainability Change Agents by Design: Appraisals of the Transformative Role of Higher Education; Katja Brundiers, Emma Savage, Steven Mannell, Daniel J. Lang and Arnim Wiek 11. Quality Management of Education for Sustainability in Higher Education; Geoff Scott 12. Implementing Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Concept in Higher Education Institutions: Case Study of Albukhary International University AIU), Malaysia; Salfarina Abdul Gapor, Zainal Abidin Sanusi, Dzulkifli Abdul Razak and Abd Malik Abd Aziz
