Abstract
Post-secondary education has a responsibility to prepare graduates to understand and take leadership on sustainability, but the very nature of comprehensive doctoral institutions poses barriers to the innovative interdisciplinary programs needed to produce graduates capable of addressing critical sustainability problems. Universities have, in fact, been criticized for their contribution to ecological degradation. Today, growing concern for our environment and sustainability makes it clear that new ways of educating future leaders, citizens, and practitioners are needed to create solutions to the complex challenges we face. This paper describes the transformation of Dalhousie University with the creation of a College of Sustainability, a new curriculum model for interdisciplinary learning and teaching and a new administrative model designed to foster collaborations within and outside the institution.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.