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Review of Empirical Research on University Social Responsibility
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Huang, Yung-Fu; Do, Manh-Hoang – International Journal of Educational Management, 2021
Purpose: This paper aims to systematically review the university social responsibility (USR) implementation from the empirical studies, which published during the period from 2004 to 2020. Design/methodology/approach: The bibliometric method has been employed to review prior empirical research on higher education social responsibility topics.…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Universities, Social Responsibility, Legal Responsibility
A Comparative Study of Education for Sustainable Development in One British University and One Chinese University
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Shaoming Lu; Hui-shu Zhang – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to identify learning points and inspirations from two different approaches by examining how education for sustainable development (ESD) initiatives are delivered in the University of X in the UK and Tongji University in China. Design/methodology/approach: Through comparison of case studies, the pros and cons of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Sustainable Development, Case Studies
Globalization, Sustainable Development and Universities
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Toakley, Arthur Raymond – Higher Education Policy, 2004
Globalization is a natural outcome of the sustained technological and economic growth, which originated with the Industrial Revolution in Britain during the 18th century. This path to continuing economic growth spread initially to continental Europe and North America, and brought with it the creation of large towns and substantial social change.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Change, Physical Environment, Sustainable Development
Positioning Higher Education for the Knowledge Based Economy
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St. George, Elizabeth – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2006
This article questions the assumption that increasing competition among higher education institutions is the best method of achieving a strong higher education sector in developing countries. It notes that there has been increasing emphasis on the importance of higher education institutions for sustainable development, particularly because of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Competition, Government School Relationship, Developing Nations
Adult Education and Social Responsibility: Reconciling the Irreconcilable? 2nd Revised Edition. Studies in Pedagogy, Andragogy and Gerontagogy, Vol. 36.
Wildemeersch, Danny, Ed.; Finger, Matthias, Ed.; Jansen, Theo, Ed. – 2000
In this book, 16 authors from Europe, Africa, and the United States reflect on the transformations that are currently taking place in the field of adult and continuing education. The 12 chapters are "Reconciling the Irreconcilable? Adult and Continuing Education Between Personal Development, Corporate Concerns, and Public Responsibility"…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Citizenship Education
Literacy for Sustainable Development in the Age of Information. Language and Education Library 14.
Rassool, Naz – 1999
This book examines literacy for sustainable development in the age of information. It begins by discussing the relationship between literacy and hegemony, social policy, national language policy, colonial relations, and postcolonial realities. Also discussed in the introduction are views and definitions of literacy and considerations in mapping a…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Citizenship Education