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Higher Education in the World 4

Higher Education's Commitment to Sustainability: from Understanding to Action

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  1. Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI)
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Keywords

  • education
  • higher education
  • innovation
  • learning
  • teaching
  • university

About this book

From the series of thematic reports from the Global University Network for Innovation, this new report explores key issues facing higher education institutions today. This report is essential reading for university leaders, academics and policy-makers.

About the author

THE GLOBAL UNIVERSITY NETWORK FOR INNOVATION (GUNI) is composed of Higher Education UNESCO Chairs and other institutions that are highly committed to innovation in higher education. It was set up by UNESCO, the United Nations University (UNU) and the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) Spain, which hosts the secretariat. GUNI works for the application of the decisions taken at the World Conference on Higher Education (WCHE, Paris 1998). Its mission is to contribute to the reinforcement of higher education worldwide, by putting into practice the decisions adopted at the WCHE, specifically improving quality in teaching, promoting innovation in higher education and strengthening the social commitment of universities.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Higher Education in the World 4

  • Book Subtitle: Higher Education's Commitment to Sustainability: from Understanding to Action

  • Authors: Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI)

  • Series Title: GUNI Series on the Social Commitment of Universities

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-53555-8Published: 17 November 2011

  • Series ISSN: 2947-9029

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-9037

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXVII, 341

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