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Kissel, Adam – Academic Questions, 2010
What's wrong with the sustainability movement, the author contends, is the uncritical homogenization of humanity. Sustainability advocates inevitably seek to homogenize people's deepest values, because their goal is to save Earth from ecological, economic, and social disaster. Everyone must participate--everyone must share the same key values and…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Authoritarianism
Schroeder, Charles C.; Mable, Phyllis – 1994
This book addresses the need for integrating students' formal academic experiences with their informal out-of-class life in their residence halls. Organized in three parts, Part 1 focuses on the role of residence halls in educating students. Part 2 describes a variety of initiatives for promoting student learning in college residence halls. Part 3…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Civics, College Housing, College Role
Benjamin, Michael – 1988
This monograph presents a review of the literature on college residence life organized around an ecosystemic model and student development theory. This model distinguishes between events and processes at four levels: suprasystem (relationship between residence and university systems); macrosystem (residence hall); mesosystem (the hall floor); and…
Descriptors: College Housing, College Students, Colleges, Corridors