The issues and methodologies in sustainability assessment tools for higher education institutions: a review of recent trends and future challenges

M Yarime, Y Tanaka - Journal of Education for Sustainable …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Assessment tools influence incentives to higher education institutions by encouraging them
to move towards sustainability. A review of 16 sustainability assessment tools was …

Assessment tools' indicators for sustainability in universities: an analytical overview

N Alghamdi, A den Heijer, H de Jonge - International Journal of …, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse 12 assessment tools of sustainability in
universities and develop the structure and the contents of these tools to be more intelligible …

Sustainability assessment: The role of indicators

T Ramos, SM Pires - Sustainability assessment tools in higher education …, 2013 - Springer
There are many ways to assess sustainable development, each of which provides
potentially useful, though different, insights for distinct audiences. Despite the abundance …

Getting an empirical hold of the sustainable university: a comparative analysis of evaluation frameworks across 12 contemporary sustainability assessment tools

D Fischer, S Jenssen, V Tappeser - Assessment & Evaluation in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Although it is increasingly recognised that higher education institutions have to play a critical
role in the progression towards a sustainable development, the question of what fields and …

The comprehensiveness of competing higher education sustainability assessments

G Bullock, N Wilder - International Journal of Sustainability in Higher …, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the comprehensiveness of competing
higher education sustainability assessments. Higher education institutions (HEIs) have been …

Towards a definition of environmental sustainability evaluation in higher education

D Alba-Hidalgo, J Benayas del Álamo… - Higher Education …, 2018 - Springer
Sustainability is increasing their presence at universities, so it is convenient to reflect on the
impact and effectiveness that university sustainability actions are having. Several authors …

Assessing sustainability reports of US universities

R Sassen, L Azizi - International Journal of Sustainability in Higher …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess sustainability reports of US universities to
provide findings on the relative importance of disclosure topics. Design/methodology …

[图书][B] Sustainability assessment tools in higher education institutions: mapping trends and good practices around the world

Much has been written about sustainability in higher education, from the late 1980s when
the concept of sustainable development was first discussed in-depth, to the 1990s with an …

Benchmarking tools for assessing and tracking sustainability in higher educational institutions: Identifying an effective tool for the University of Saskatchewan

A Sayed, M Asmuss - … Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2013 - emerald.com
The University of Saskatchewan (UofS) has indentified five areas of campus life critical to
improving the university's sustainability performance: education, research, operations …

Sustainability science and education for sustainable development in universities: a way for transition

A Disterheft, S Caeiro, UM Azeiteiro… - … assessment tools in …, 2013 - Springer
The debate about sustainable development (SD) in higher education institutions has
expanded over the past decades. It has been recognized that universities play a pivotal role …