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Students’ Perception on Sustainability

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A sustainable higher institution is an institution “that apart from seeking academic excellence, tries to embed human values into the fabric of people’s lives” (Nejati and Nejati 2013, p. 105). Nejati and Nejati (2013, p. 105) further defined a sustainable higher institution as an institution “that promotes and implements sustainability practices in teaching, research, community outreach, waste and energy management, and land use and planning through a continuous sustainability commitment and monitoring.” Such sustainability approach would increase the rate of infusion of required attitudes and adoption of sustainability principles by the different stakeholders in the society (Nejati and Nejati 2013).

Students’ perception on sustainability means the awareness, understanding, view, attitude, and conceptualization of sustainability by students. It is pertinent to note that raising awareness across higher education institutions and encouraging interactions between various...

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  1. Department of Geomatics Engineering Technology, Yanbu Industrial College, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia

    Yusuf A. Aina

  2. Department for Management of Science and Technology Development, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Mutiu K. Amosa

  3. Faculty of Environment and Labour Safety, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Mutiu K. Amosa

  4. National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM), Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria

    Maruf O. Orewole

  5. CSIR- National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS), New Delhi, India

    Maruf O. Orewole

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Aina, Y.A., Amosa, M.K., Orewole, M.O. (2019). Students’ Perception on Sustainability. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63951-2_229-1

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