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  • The Sustainable University: Green Goals and New Challenges for Higher Education Leaders
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  • James Martin, James E. Samels & Associates
  • 2012
  • Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
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Colleges and universities are at the forefront of efforts to preserve the earth’s resources for future generations. Carbon neutrality, renewable energy sources, green building strategies, and related initiatives require informed and courageous leaders at all levels of higher education. James Martin and James E. Samels have worked closely with college and university presidents, provosts, and trustees to devise best practices that establish sustainable policies and programs in the major areas of institutional operations.While almost seven hundred chief executive officers have signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, several thousand have yet to do so. This book identifies four of the most formidable challenges facing these presidents and leadership teams along with solutions to address them: effectively institutionalizing sustainability thinking; developing an efficient, flexible system of sustainability benchmarks; implementing an accountable university budget model; and engaging boards of trustees in the campus sustainability agenda.The volume’s contributors, including recognized authorities on sustainability as well as campus executives with broad-ranging experience, consider these challenges and discuss specific action plans, best practices, and emerging trends in sustainability efforts. They offer sustainability solutions for almost every major operational area of campus and consider what sustainability means for colleges and universities—and the legacy of those entrusted with shaping their future.The meaning of sustainability is evolving, and it differs from one campus to the next. This timely and comprehensive volume guides institutional leaders past the myths and misconceptions to the sustainable university.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. pp. i-iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-viii
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  1. Foreword
  2. Paul Rowland
  3. pp. ix-xii
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xiii-xx
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  1. I. Updating the National Conversation on Sustainability: Key Trends and Challenges
  1. Chapter One. The Sustainable University: A Need to Move Forward
  2. James Martin, James E. Samels
  3. pp. 1-16
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  1. Chapter Two. Promises Made and Promises Lost: A Candid Assessment of Higher Education Leadership and the Sustainability Agenda
  2. Anthony D. Cortese
  3. pp. 17-31
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  1. Chapter Three. Trends, Skills, and Strategies to Catalyze Sustainability across Institutions
  2. Debra Rowe, Aurora Lang Winslade
  3. pp. 32-48
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  1. Chapter Four. Measuring Campus Sustainability Performance: Implementing the First Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS)
  2. Judy Walton, Laura Matson
  3. pp. 49-62
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  1. Chapter Five. Institutionalizing Sustainability: Achieving Transformations from the Inside
  2. Leith Sharp, Cindy Pollock Shea
  3. pp. 63-82
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  1. Chapter Six. Sustainability: Shifting Definitions and Evolving Meanings
  2. Davis Bookhart
  3. pp. 83-92
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  1. Chapter Seven. Sustainable Citizenship: The Challenge for Students and Their Institutions
  2. Terry Link
  3. pp. 93-100
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  1. II. Sustainability and the Leadership Team: New Assignments
  1. Chapter Eight. Sustainability and the Presidency: Five Starting Points
  2. Jo Ann Gora, Robert J. Koester
  3. pp. 101-123
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  1. Chapter Nine. Not So Fast: A Dose of Reality about Sustainability
  2. Thomas Buchanan, Tara Evans
  3. pp. 124-135
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  1. Chapter Ten. The Importance of Sustainability in the Community College Setting
  2. Mary Spilde
  3. pp. 136-147
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  1. Chapter Eleven. Sustainability, Leadership, and the Role of the Chief Academic Officer
  2. Geoffrey Chase, Peggy Barlett, Rick Fairbanks
  3. pp. 148-164
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  1. III. Fresh Agendas for Campus Operations
  1. Chapter Twelve. Greening the Endowment
  2. Mary Jo Maydew
  3. pp. 165-179
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  1. Chapter Thirteen. Sustainability and Higher Education Architecture: Best Practices for Institutional Leaders
  2. Scott Carlson
  3. pp. 180-199
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  1. Chapter Fourteen. Sustainable Campus Housing: Building a Better Place
  2. Norbert W. Dunkel, Lynne Deninger
  3. pp. 200-212
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  1. Chapter Fifteen. Food for Thought: Building Sustainable Food Systems and Healthy Communities
  2. Howard L. Sacks
  3. pp. 213-222
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  1. Chapter Sixteen. University Athletics and Sustainability: Start on the Field
  2. Dedee DeLongpré Johnston, Dave Newport
  3. pp. 223-240
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  1. IV. Beyond the Green Gates: Sustainability and the Institution’s External Partners
  1. Chapter Seventeen. The Impact of Sustainability on Institutional Quality Assurance and Accreditation
  2. Sandra Elman
  3. pp. 241-253
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  1. Chapter Eighteen. Green Legal: Creating a Culture of Vigilance, Compliance, and Sustainability Thinking
  2. James E. Samels, James Martin
  3. pp. 254-262
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  1. V. The Complex Path Ahead
  1. Chapter Nineteen. Conclusion: New Goals and New Challenges for Institutional Leaders
  2. James Martin, James E. Samels
  3. pp. 263-278
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 279-298
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  1. Selected Bibliography
  2. pp. 299-306
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  1. List of Contributors
  2. pp. 307-320
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 321-331
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