Standards for Education: Green and Sustainability Skills and Knowledge Trending in Accreditation Criteria and Quality Standards

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Standards for Education: Green and Sustainability Skills and Knowledge Trending in Accreditation Criteria and Quality Standards

A person writes "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" in blue chalk on a chalkboard to the left of them; their left hand points to the word Reuse

The UN and higher education networks, via the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI), hosted a global online meeting on ‘Future-Proofing Accreditation, Standards and Education’. The event reviewed the international trend of green and sustainability skills and knowledge becoming an integral part of learning. This University World News article summarizes the meeting, explains the trend to include sustainability standards in criteria for curricular quality and accreditation, and provides resources for organizations to update their standards.

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