Assessing sustainability in university curricula: Exploring the influence of student numbers and course credits

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 134-141

  Lozano, Rodrigo ^a,b   Young, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ORGANISATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curricula assessment; Number of credits; Number of students enrolled; STAUNCH tool; Sustainability in universities; T Test

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

FACULTY OF BUSINESS; NUMBER OF CREDITS; NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED; RELATIVE WEIGHTS; STUDENT NUMBERS; T-TESTS; UNIVERSITY CURRICULA; UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84879887660     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.07.032     Document Type: Article

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