Sustainability in higher education in Atlantic Canada

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-67

  Beringer, Almut ^a   Wright, Tarah ^b   Malone, Leslie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Canada; Higher education; Performance testing; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349151555     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676370810842184     Document Type: Article

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