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Sustainability and Community Colleges : = It's More than Just Recycling.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Sustainability and Community Colleges :/
Reminder of title:	It's More than Just Recycling.
Author:	Hankins, Kimberly O.
Description:	1 online resource (91 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-06, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International85-06B.
Subject:	Sustainability. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9798381162967

Sustainability and Community Colleges : = It's More than Just Recycling.
Hankins, Kimberly O.

Sustainability and Community Colleges :It's More than Just Recycling. - 1 online resource (91 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-06, Section: B.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2023.

Includes bibliographical references

The purpose of this study was to examine sustainability policies and practices at community colleges. A social-constructivist worldview guided my exploratory qualitative study that targeted nine sustainability professionals at eight community colleges with enrollment under 10,000 in the midwestern region of the United States. I relied on the principles of narrative and phenomenological research to use open-ended interview questions. I used the three pillars of sustainability: environment, economy, and equity as context for inquiry. I found the following four themes that aligned with my conceptual model:• Sustainability/Administration & Operations;• Sustainability/Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; • Administration & Operations/Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; and• The intersection of all three themes.Structure, funding, overlapping mission of equity position and policies were revealed in my analyses, with additional emphases on barriers and opportunities. I identified the most frequent barrier as apathy with both students and administration. Lack of time students are on campus or enrolled in college was another commonly noted barrier. Among opportunities, I found optimism for student engagement and increased support for sustainability initiatives. The study was limited by the sample size. I made recommendations for future studies across the United States, to increase participation by including targeted instructors and DEI officers, and researching overlapping mission of equity in DEI and sustainability programs.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798381162967Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Sustainability.
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Electronic books.

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