Dr. Kapuscinski and fellow National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) committee members discuss sustainability programs and curricula for Ugrad & Grad Students
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a report in Fall 2020 focused on strengthening sustainability programs and curricula at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the United States. Sustainability education is crucial to address urgent environmental, economic, and societal challenges. The report included a comprehensive set of key competencies critical for sustainability education, and identify knowledge gaps and critical barriers related to the effective development of common core competencies for interdisciplinary sustainability programs. It also identified strengths, gaps, priorities, and opportunities for university engagement with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and discussed related research agendas. The report recommends possible mechanisms to foster partnerships between schools, universities, sectors, regions, and nations in sustainability higher education, including the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in sustainability education. In addition to sharing the study findings, the recorded sessions include a discussion of the feasibility of implementing the proposed recommendations, share other suggested strategies to strengthen sustainability education on the panelists’ and attendees’ own campuses, and the role of academic institutions in advancing sustainability in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Click here to read the report Strengthening Sustainability Programs and Curricula at the Undergraduate and Graduate Levels
Watch: An Overview of the National Academies Study to Strengthen Sustainability Education
Video was part of the 2021 AAAS Annual Meeting
Watch Panel Discussion Video: Strengthening Sustainability Programs and Curricula in Higher Education
Video was part of the 2021 AAAS Annual Meeting