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| News of the Week |
| 18 Schools Earn Top Spots in 2018 Sustainable Campus Index |
| AASHE recently released the 2018 Sustainable Campus Index, which recognizes top-performing colleges and universities in 17 sustainability impact areas and overall by institution type as measured by the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). The report highlights innovative and high-impact initiatives. Top performers overall by institution type are Nova Scotia Community College (associate’s), Dickinson College (baccalaureate), Green Mountain College (master’s), and University of California, Irvine (doctoral/research). The full list of top-performing institutions for each of the impact areas can be found in the report. |
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| Sierra Magazine Releases 2018 Cool Schools Full Ranking |
| This year, Sierra’s Cool Schools ranking features 269 North American institutions, including, for the first time, community colleges. The annual ranking assesses colleges’ environmental practices in food and transportation systems, water and waste management, purchasing procedures, academics, investments and more. Sierra based its ranking this year on scores from the AASHE Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS). |
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| Academics |
| Portland State U to Offer Major In Indigenous Nations & Native American Studies |
| Operations |
| Flinders U Installs 1.8 MW Photovoltaic Carport |
| California State U East Bay Approves First Climate Action Plan |
| Rollins College Bans Straws |
| Pace U Moves Toward Plastic-Free Campus |
| U Central Florida Introduces Bike Sharing |
| Lehigh U Installs Solar-Powered Recycling & Trash Receptacles |
| Susquehanna U Becomes Bee Campus USA Certified |
| U Texas Rio Grande Valley Attains Bee Campus USA Designation |
| U Iowa Launches Dorm Room Composting |
| Planning & Administration |
| Yale U Adopts Policy Against Investing in Assault Weapon Retailers |
| Oglethorpe U Matches Public Tuition Prices |
| APPA Selects Five 2018 Sustainability Innovation Award Recipients |
| U Iowa Allocates Benefits to Non-Tenure-Track Professors |
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| Opportunities |
| Call for Contributions: Environmental Education for Sustainability |
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The journal Sustainability is curating a special issue titled Environmental Education for Sustainability that intends to document and promote scholarly research and projects that show how environmental education can help the implementation of sustainability efforts. Emphasis will be given to both formal and non-formal education, as well as to innovative teaching methods, inclusive approaches and transformative processes that may lead to a better interaction between environmental education and sustainable development. The deadline for manuscripts is April 10.
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| AASHE 2018 Workshop: Key Competencies in Sustainability: Curriculum and Program Development |
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This half-day, post-conference workshop will explore questions for the field of sustainability in higher education related to key competencies in sustainability degree programs. Workshop participants will share the learning outcomes of their courses/curricula and compare these with each others and with key competencies in sustainability. The workshop aims to identify lessons learned for the future development of key competencies in sustainability and formulate next steps, including what would be useful support structures for institutions to support development and administration of sustainability programs in the field. It will be presented by Ira Feldman with the Sustainability Curriculum Consortium, and Katja Brundiers, Christopher Boone and Rod Parnell at Northern Arizona University.
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| ISSP CEUs By Attending the 2018 AASHE Conference & Expo |
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The International Society of Sustainability Professionals offers continuing education units (CEUs) to those attending or presenting sessions, workshops, tours and/or evening events at AASHE 2018, happening in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from Oct. 2-5. Up to two CEUs can be earned by attending the conference. Additional CEUs can be earned by attending a workshop, tour and/or evening event. The last day to register online is Sept. 17.
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| New Resources |
| The Landscape of Student Housing Insecurity and Homelessness |
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This report highlights findings regarding the scope of student housing insecurity within the Campus Compact network. The findings are based on data from Campus Compact’s Student Housing Insecurity Mapping Tool and represent a variety of institution types: rural and urban, public and private, and two-year and four-year.
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