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Sustainable Development and Quality Assurance in Higher Education

Transformation of Learning and Society

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Zinaida Fadeeva

    1. United Nations University, Japan

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  2. Laima Galkute

    1. Vilnius University, Lithuania

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  3. Clemens Mader

    1. Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany
      University of Zurich, Switzerland

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  4. Geoff Scott

    1. University of Western Sydney, Australia

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education (PSGHE)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxiv
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  2. Assessment for Transformation — Higher Education Thrives in Redefining Quality Systems

    1. Assessment for Transformation — Higher Education Thrives in Redefining Quality Systems

      • Zinaida Fadeeva, Laima Galkute, Clemens Mader, Geoff Scott
      Pages 1-22

  4. The Meaning and the Role of the Internal Quality Assurance and Its Interplay with External Quality Approaches in Supporting HE Sustainability Transformation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Drivers for Change in the Austrian University Sector: Implications for Quality Management

      • Nadine Shovakar, Andrea Bernhard
      Pages 87-113

    3. A Quality Assurance System Based on the Sustainable Development Paradigm: The Lithuanian Perspective

      • Laima Galkute
      Pages 114-130

    4. 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 et al.
      Pages 131-152

    5. STARS as a Multi-Purpose Tool for Advancing Campus Sustainability in US

      • Monika Urbanski, Paul Rowland
      Pages 153-182

  5. Quality Management and Facilitating Sustainability Competences and Capabilities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. Sustainability and Values Assessment in Higher Education

      • Arthur Lyon Dahl
      Pages 185-195

    3. Educating Sustainability Change Agents by Design: Appraisals of the Transformative Role of Higher Education

      • Katja Brundiers, Emma Savage, Steven Mannell, Daniel J. Lang, Arnim Wiek
      Pages 196-229

    4. Quality Management of Education for Sustainability in Higher Education

      • Geoff Scott
      Pages 230-254

    5. Implementing Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education: Case Study of Albukhary International University, Malaysia

      • Salfarina Abdul Gapor, Abd Malik Abd Aziz, Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Zainal Abidin Sanusi
      Pages 255-281

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 283-284
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • United Nations University, Japan

    Zinaida Fadeeva

  • Vilnius University, Lithuania

    Laima Galkute

  • Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany

    Clemens Mader

  • University of Zurich, Switzerland

    Clemens Mader

  • University of Western Sydney, Australia

    Geoff Scott

About the editors

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

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