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Derek Hall – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the extent and characteristics of Canadian university reporting of and policy regarding greenhouse gas emissions from air travel. It identifies current approaches' details and limits and recommends improvements. Design/methodology/approach: The study developed questions and considerations for analysing reporting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Travel, Air Transportation
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Schmidt, Anthony – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: Numerous higher education institutions have created policies that aim to reduce their carbon footprints. Most policies focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions related to energy production and consumption. One area that has received less attention has been greenhouse gas emissions from university air travel. The purpose of this paper is…
Descriptors: Colleges, Air Transportation, Fuels, Ecology
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Baer, Hans A. – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2023
Universities worldwide have come to embrace the rhetoric of environmental sustainability and a commitment to climate action while simultaneously seeking to internationalize themselves within the context of the global economy. In seeking to internationalize, universities are highly dependent on air travel, for both their academic staff and…
Descriptors: Climate, Conservation (Environment), Sustainability, College Role
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Rieger, Tobias; Heilmann, Lydia; Manzey, Dietrich – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2021
Visual inspection of luggage using X-ray technology at airports is a time-sensitive task that is often supported by automated systems to increase performance and reduce workload. The present study evaluated how time pressure and automation support influence visual search behavior and performance in a simulated luggage screening task. Moreover, we…
Descriptors: Time Management, Travel, Air Transportation, Task Analysis
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Yemini, Miri; Maxwell, Claire – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2020
Travel has become ubiquitous for most social groups as holidaying abroad has become ever cheaper and ecumene. This paper considers how travel can be understood as part of family practices around children's educations and futures. Drawing on Kaufmann's concept of motility, we examine how spatial mobility might become a form of cultural capital to…
Descriptors: Travel, Foreign Countries, Cultural Capital, Social Mobility
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Crumley-Effinger, Max; Torres-Olave, Blanca – Journal of International Students, 2021
Examining the hypermobility of many "elite" academic workers, this article situates mobility within the context of higher education and sustainability, decoloniality, and institutionalized expectations for academic travel. The mobility of HEI workers is described in relation to Anthropogenic climate change (ACC), which highlights the…
Descriptors: Climate, College Faculty, Conservation (Environment), Higher Education
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Glover, Andrew; Strengers, Yolande; Lewis, Tania – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: Air travel is becoming increasingly recognized as a source of greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate change. This is particularly relevant for the university sector, which relies heavily on staff air travel for domestic and international mobility. Design/methodology/approach: Using a qualitative content and textual analysis of…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Air Transportation, Foreign Countries, Climate
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Szekely, Ilona – Art Education, 2012
Many airports have transformed empty waiting spaces into mini malls, children's play areas, and displays of beautiful art, making a long wait a bit more pleasant. For the modern airport, showcasing art has become an important component, with perks including a built-in global audience, as well as the vast spaces of modern architecture. For the art…
Descriptors: Art Education, Air Transportation, Exhibits, Art Products
Collins, Mary Ellen – CURRENTS, 2012
Veteran development officers say the experience of visiting and traveling to different places or countries often feels like an endless cycle of getting lost, missing flights, and eating midnight dinners from hotel vending machines. Despite ongoing travel challenges, experienced road warriors have learned how to maximize their effectiveness,…
Descriptors: Donors, Fund Raising, Travel, Motor Vehicles
VanBergeijk, Ernst – Exceptional Parent, 2009
While travel training on local mass transit makes intuitive sense, the thought of larger scale travel training does not occur to most people. Possible benefits that could be gained from long distance or more involved traveling with individuals on the autism spectrum are vast. In this article, the author presents 11 essential skills that are a…
Descriptors: Travel, Autism, Travel Training, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Henderson, Nancy – Exceptional Parent, 2009
When airline employees try to cart her wheelchair off to the cargo hold, disability advocate Jill Hindman becomes even more assertive than usual. Like Hindman, many people with disabilities are frustrated with air travel, especially in smaller planes. Complaints range from lavatories that are too cramped to move around in to armrests that won't…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Disabilities, Air Transportation, Federal Regulation
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Rasker, Ray; Gude, Patricia H.; Gude, Justin A.; van den Noort, Jeff – Journal of Rural Studies, 2009
The western United States offers a case study on the importance of access to large population centers and their markets, via road and air travel, for economic development. The vast distances between towns and cities in the American West can be a detriment to business, yet they also serve to attract technology and knowledge-based workers seeking to…
Descriptors: Air Transportation, Travel, Economic Development, Rural Areas
Welsh, Laura – ProQuest LLC, 2011
According to the World Tourism Organization, there were 935 million international tourists in 2010. International tourists collectively spent $852 billion on tourism products in 2009 (World Tourism Organization, 2011). A tourist's awareness, selection, and choice of tourism products are extremely dependent on the information used by the tourist…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Values, Personality, Usability
Gras, Rebecca E. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
While in-flight psychiatric emergencies occur at a lower rate than other medical emergencies (Matsumoto & Goebert, 2001), they tend to cause a higher degree of disruption for passengers (Gordan, Kingham, & Goodwin, 2004). However, flight attendants often receive training that is too basic, minimal, and insufficient to effectively manage…
Descriptors: Travel, Behavior Problems, Crisis Intervention, Mental Disorders
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Price, Matthew; Anderson, Page; Rothbaum, Barbara O. – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2008
Virtual reality exposure has recently emerged as an important tool for exposure therapy in the treatment of fear of flying. There have been numerous empirical studies that have evaluated the effectiveness of virtual reality exposure as compared to other treatments including in vivo exposure, progressive muscle relaxation, cognitive therapy,…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Fear, Travel, Air Transportation
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