Oil prices are on a major upswing and paying off for some endowments, even as colleges face pressure to divest from fossil fuels over climate change concerns.
Environmental issues
Environmental issues
Aug 31, 2022
Oil prices are on a major upswing and paying off for some endowments, even as colleges face pressure to divest from fossil fuels over climate change concerns.
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Views • October 27, 2021
Five ways colleges should respond to the climate crisis (opinion)
Views • October 27, 2021
Harvard must go beyond divestment to model climate leadership (opinion)
Views • April 26, 2021
Universities should work more with the youth movement to combat climate change (opinion)
Views • January 30, 2020
Teaching about the environment in precarious surroundings (opinion)
Views • April 18, 2019
12 scholars share ideas for reducing carbon emissions in academic travel (opinion)
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July 26, 2022
VR can complement undergraduate environmental education in meaningful ways—and even offer opportunities and insight that are inaccessible by other means.
October 27, 2021
The university’s divestment is powerful, but it must do more to model climate leadership, write Ilana Cohen and Tim Wirth.
October 27, 2021
Colleges can’t view it as the end goal to responding effectively to the climate crisis, argue Alex Barron, Aaron Strong and Lucy Metz, who offer five other recommendations for action.
May 5, 2021
Colleges have made progress on building climate sustainability. Now they’re looking to build climate resilience.
April 26, 2021
In the face of unprecedented crises, we should be collaborating more with the youth movement to bring about significant and lasting systemic change, Santa Ono and Grace Nosek urge.
January 30, 2020
Christopher Schaberg and Ned Randolph, two New Orleans professors, reflect on teaching in precarious geographies, in precarious times.
December 19, 2019
A new network of international education professionals is trying to get the field to face the crisis of climate change -- and the carbon emissions generated by student air travel -- head-on.
April 18, 2019
Dismayed by their climatic impact, 12 scholars seek to limit carbon emissions at their own institutions as well as give suggestions for others.
March 11, 2019
We have a distinct opportunity to turn the corner in tackling the challenges before us, writes Laurie L. Patton.