Higher education for today and tomorrow: University appraisal for diversity, innovation and change towards sustainable development

Sustainability Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 249-256

  Fadeeva, Zinaida ^a   Mochizuki, Yoko ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Education for sustainable development (ESD); Higher education; Ranking; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954176761     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-010-0106-0     Document Type: Article

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