CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Baker, Jane Claire |
|---|---|
| Title | Pathways to Implementation: from policy to practice, a CEU case study |
| Summary | Higher education has been identified and discussed for many years now as a perfectly placed and ethically obligated societal institution by which the principles of environmental sustainability can be taught, practiced, and integrated to the greater community. Even with the supportive discourse and increasing awareness of environmental responsibility, it has not been an easy road for colleges and universities to implement green campus initiatives. If two integral aspects of higher education, research and literature, are so well developed on 1) the ethical obligation, and 2) the societal positioning of universities and colleges for dissemination and propagation of sustainability, and 3) the barriers that impede and factors that enable success of sustainability integration, the question remains why is sustainability not a commonplace occurrence across university structures? Central Europe, and particularly Hungary, has been studied and found to have strong environmental values. This finding, combined with CEU's ties to the United States where most of the studies on sustainability in higher education are generated, provides fertile ground for investigating if that value translates to its own campus through its sustainability efforts. This study will explore the processes of implementation at CEU and identify the particular barriers and opportunities that sustainability initiatives encounter. |
| Supervisor | Steger, Tamara |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/baker_jane.pdf |
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