Sustainable Development and Quality Assurance in Higher Education

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.

Auteur
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

Contenu

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