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Towards an orientation of higher education in the post Rio + 20 process: how is the game changing?
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Abstract
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| The purposeofthispaperistoidentifyandassesstheimplicationsofsustainable developmentforthefutureorientationofhighereducation,especiallyafterthe2012United NationsConferenceonSustainableDevelopment(Rio+20).Aqualitativetrendanalysisis beingusedforthispurpose,inthecontextofwhichthreemacrotrendsarecombined:(1) highereducation thathasbeendevelopedviafiveperiods;(2) sustainabledevelopment that has evolvedthroughthreestages;and(3) thenexusbetweensustainabledevelopmentand highereducation whichhasstrengthenedthroughthreephases.Thesimultaneousanalysisof the macrotrendsregardingtheirpossibleinteractiveeffects(throughanexpertpanel discussion)demonstratesthathighereducationanduniversitiesundertheinfluenceof sustainabledevelopmentelementsareenteringintoanewerainwhichthefunctionof highereducationforsustainabledevelopmentcouldbeinterpretedastheseedsofanewly emergingmissionforuniversities.Inthisregard,itisexpectedthattheconceptof sustainableuniversityislikelytobecomemorecommontomeettheemergingmission. ConsistentwiththeRio+20outcomes,theauthorsanalyzedtheconceptofsustainable universityandidentifiedthefactthatitispracticallydividedintothreeinterrelatedand complementarycategories,namelysocial-,environmental-,andeconomic-oriented universityinpursuitofactualizingsustainabledevelopment. |
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Language
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Dutch
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Futures: the journal of forecasting, planning and policy. - Amsterdam
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Publication
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Amsterdam
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2014
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0016-3287
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DOI
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10.1016/J.FUTURES.2014.08.004
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63
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, p. 49-67
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ISI
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000343783200005
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