Research and Solutions: Sustainability: What's the Big Idea? A Strategy for Transforming the Higher Education Curriculum

Sustainability (United States)

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-195

  Sherman, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

curriculum; higher education; sustainability; teaching; university

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018873653     PISSN: 19370695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/SUS.2008.9960     Document Type: Article

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