As higher education struggles to prove its ongoing relevance within the broader society in the face of increasing costs and little visible accountability, community engagement has emerged as one strategy to demonstrate that relevance. Such engagement is difficult and often messy, however, and structural differences among universities and the…

Purpose: The paper seeks to propose the basic competencies of environmental social scientists regarding policy analysis for sustainable development. The ultimate goal is to contribute to an improvement of educational programmes in higher education by suggesting a toolbox that should be integrated in the curriculum. Design/methodology/approach:…

This article discusses Thorstein Veblen's views, which appeared in "The Higher Learning in America" in 1918, about the business-like posture being assumed by college administrators and the importance athletics programs were being given in the colleges. Questions are raised about whether contemporary athletics programs are truly…