Campus Sustainability in Chinese Higher Education Institutions: Focuses, Motivations and Challenges

Autor/in	Lo, Kevin
Titel	Campus Sustainability in Chinese Higher Education Institutions: Focuses, Motivations and Challenges
Quelle	In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 16 (2015) 1, S.34-43 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-6370
DOI	10.1108/IJSHE-04-2013-0032
Schlagwörter	Sustainability; Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Campuses; Case Studies; Structured Interviews; Administrator Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Student Welfare; Energy Conservation; Water; Government Role; Economic Factors; Financial Support; Governance; College Students; College Administration; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Nachhaltigkeit; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Schülerverhalten; Studentenseelsorge; Energieerhaltung; Energiespeicherung; Wasser; Ökonomischer Faktor; Finanzielle Förderung; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Collegestudent; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the focuses, motivations and challenges of achieving campus sustainability in Chinese higher education institutions (HEIs). Design/methodology/approach: A multisite case study was conducted in Changchun City, Jilin, where eight HEIs of various types were examined. Structured interviews with school managers, students and government officials were accompanied with analysis of relevant documents. Findings: The focuses of sustainability among the studied HEIs were on water and energy conservation and on non-technical initiatives. The focuses can be explained by motivations and challenges. The HEIs are motivated by government and financial pressures and face challenges in limited accessibility to funding. The reliance of non-technical initiatives has negatively impacted student welfare and has become unpopular among students. Practical implications: The government is advised to increase funding to HEIs in relation to sustainability and to make the funding more equitable. The HEIs are advised to modify sustainability practices that severely affect the daily lives of students, to share the benefits of water and energy conservation with their students and to involve students in sustainability governance. Originality/value: This paper adds to the existing literature in two ways. First, it expands the geographical reach of the literature to developing countries, in general, and to China, in particular. Second, it adopts the multisite case study research approach to study the whole spectrum of Chinese HEIs and highlights the differences among these HEIs when it comes to sustainability. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01