scholarly journals Regenerative Collaboration in Higher Education: A Framework for Surpassing Sustainability and Attaining Regeneration

Philosophies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Chara Armon
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Academic Departments ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Early 21St Century

Many in higher education seek to define how to respond to our environmental crisis. Our 20th and early 21st century failures to resolve the crisis have revealed that a focus on “sustainability” is inadequate in its goals, methods, and public appeal. Higher education must now advance its contribution to preparing graduates to enact the regeneration the damaged natural world requires. We now must teach the deep “why” of caring for our home planet as our life partner, exceed the standard of sustainability to focus on the more enduring and restorative standard of regeneration, and offer our students knowledge and skills for effective regenerative action. Colleges and universities can define their primary goal as teaching students how to tend the flourishing and regeneration of the life community via an emphasis on regenerative collaboration. Regenerative collaboration consists of principles that can guide higher education into a stage of deep contribution to regeneration of the natural world and human well-being. The framework of regenerative collaboration promotes transformation of academic disciplines, academic departments, and courses and calls for development of practical regenerative skills to be part of every degree program. Regenerative collaboration is a means of enacting higher education’s transition from a knowledge focus to a wisdom and regenerative action focus.

scholarly journals Using the Urban Advantage to Achieve the Greatest Good

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicki Golich
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Anchor Institutions

Members of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) recognized nearly thirty years ago that institutions of higher education (IHEs) located in urban and metropolitan cities faced a unique set of challenges – but also shared exceptional opportunities – for developing and deploying the vast intellectual capital residing within their halls. They joined forces to share ideas and practices that would, among other things, integrate their colleges and universities more seamlessly and usefully with their surrounding communities. Over time, CUMU members realized they should play an important role as anchor institutions in their communities: “local economic engines and mission-driven organizations inextricably linked to the long-term well-being of their local communities…” (Democracy Collaborative, 2018).   CUMU’s 23rd Annual Conference was held in Denver, Colorado in October 2017 with a focus on “The Urban Advantage” (CUMU, 2017). Presentations and conversations explored 21st century challenges created by states decreasing their funding to public higher education and by gentrification of the neighborhoods surrounding CUMU IHEs. They stressed unique learning opportunities for students and faculty studying and working at urban colleges and universities: clearly, an urban setting provides more occasions for students to engage in internships, service learning, volunteering, community-based research, and other pedagogies now known to improve student persistence through to graduation and alumni chances to pursue the careers or post-baccalaureate programs of their choice (AAC&U, n.d.). Scholars and activists called for urban IHEs to consider how they might engage with their surrounding communities more effectively to solve problems, improve the local economy, and educate a professional 21st century-relevant workforce. Finally, they underscored the imperative that metropolitan colleges and universities stay true to their mission of providing the public good of education to achieve social justice, graduate civically engaged alumni, and to be both in and of the community.

scholarly journals Islamic Economists in The Early 21st Century View’s on Business Ethics

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Rahmad Hakim
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Islamic Ethics ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
The Early 21St Century

Islamic Economists in The Early 21st CenturyView’s on Business EthicsRahmad HakimProgram Studi Ekonomi Syariah, Fakultas Agama Islam,Universitas Muhammadiyah MalangE-mail: [email protected] focus of this study is to determine several thoughts of Islamic Economist of the early 21st Century related on business ethics through their works in Islamic Economics, especially in business ethics. In order to find the deeper and more comprehensive research, The researcher limited this research only to four Islamic Economists of the early 21st Century, such as; M. Umer Chapra, Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi, Mohamed Ariff, Akram Khan. The conclusion of this study are as follows: first, the Muslim economists trying to solve problems that occur particularly in the case of dichotomies in the fulfillment of material needs and non-material need, although there are some flaws. Second, Muslim economists at least try to realize human well-being based on Islamic principles. Third, the Muslim economists are also tried to build the Islamic ethics as a discipline that was not present before.Keywords: Islamic Economist, Business Ethics, Islamic Business

Rights of Nature to Protect Human Rights in Times of Environmental Crisis

2020 ◽  
pp. 38-65
Author(s):  
Susana Borràs
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
Environmental Laws ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Rights Of Nature ◽  
The Right

The well-being of humans and nature are inextricably linked. Nature is particularly mistreated in light of its characterization as merely “property” to be bought, sold, and ultimately degraded for profit. Reinforcing this misperception is the fact that modern environmental laws themselves implicitly accept this claim of “nature as property.” They legalize nature's destruction by dictating how much of the environment can be exploited and degraded, rather than as an integral ecological partner with its own rights to exist and thrive. Instead, we need laws grounded in the inherent rights of natural world to exist, thrive, and evolve. The article focuses on the transition from the ‘right to the environment' to a biocentric approach constructed around ‘rights of nature.' This transition is evident in various new legal instruments, which serve as models for legal systems that can steer us towards more robust and effective environmental laws.

Rights of Nature to Protect Human Rights in Times of Environmental Crisis

2017 ◽  
pp. 225-261
Author(s):  
Susana Borràs
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
Environmental Laws ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Rights Of Nature ◽  
The Right

The well-being of humans and nature are inextricably linked. Nature is particularly mistreated in light of its characterization as merely “property” to be bought, sold, and ultimately degraded for profit. Reinforcing this misperception is the fact that modern environmental laws themselves implicitly accept this claim of “nature as property.” They legalize nature's destruction by dictating how much of the environment can be exploited and degraded, rather than as an integral ecological partner with its own rights to exist and thrive. Instead, we need laws grounded in the inherent rights of natural world to exist, thrive, and evolve. The article focuses on the transition from the ‘right to the environment' to a biocentric approach constructed around ‘rights of nature.' This transition is evident in various new legal instruments, which serve as models for legal systems that can steer us towards more robust and effective environmental laws.

The Liberal Arts, the Campus, and the Biosphere

1990 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Orr
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
College Campus ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Liberal Arts Institutions ◽  
College Youth ◽  
Curricular Innovations ◽  
Allan Bloom

Where does the campus fit into the biosphere? What role should universities play in the struggle to save the environment? Although critics, such as Allan Bloom, have recently accused liberal arts institutions of failing to educate college youth properly, few have addressed the question of how colleges and universities might make students more aware and responsible about their place in the natural world. In this article David Orr offers a rationale for incorporating environmental concerns into the curricula of higher education and suggests examples of curricular innovations, including programs for restructuring the ways colleges procure food, deal with waste, and use energy. Orr shows us how a focus on the ecosystem of the college campus can broaden students' visions of the natural world in which they live.

Research into the Training of College Students’ Abilities to Create, Innovate and Pioneer

2012 ◽  
Vol 591-593 ◽  
pp. 2262-2265
Author(s):  
Su Han ◽  
Xiao Feng Han
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Knowledge Innovation ◽  
The Times ◽  
The One

The 21st century is the one in which knowledge innovation promotes economic development. Our country and society earnestly need a lot of talents who have the abilities of creation, innovation and pioneering. In order to meet the challenge of the times, it is highly necessary for colleges and universities to carry out the education to create, innovate and pioneer. Higher education should undertake the mission of training and improving college students’ such abilities so as to make good preparations for their future. In this paper, combined with the above situation, the authors analyze the characteristics of creating, innovating and pioneering talents, probe into the main points of the creative, innovative and pioneering education and put forward the concrete measures to foster such talents.

scholarly journals Research on the Function of Music in College Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Lei Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
21St Century ◽  
National Development ◽  
College Education ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
New Work ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Important Position ◽  
New Generation

College students are the hope of national development and future. College education is an important position for college students to grow and grow up. Music is an indispensable artistic existence in College education. The cultivation of college students has become a problem that colleges and universities must face. Their new characteristics and ideas have brought new challenges to the education of colleges and universities. As the most active and energetic college students of the new generation, their training is not only related to their all-round development, but also directly affects the international competitiveness and development strength of countries in the 21st century. Therefore, it is an urgent and necessary direction to explore the new work of higher education. And music plays an extremely important role in shaping the personality charm of modern college students and their growth and success.

scholarly journals THE SHIFT IN THE TRADITION OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN INDONESIA FROM THE 19TH CENTURY TO THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Saefudin A Safi'i
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Education System ◽  
Classical System ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Early 21St Century

This paper examines the Indonesian Islamic education tradition from the 19th Century to the early 21st Century. The data in this paper were obtained from written sources as well as several previous studies. The results reveal that the Islamic education tradition begins with religious recitation, which is taught individually (not collectively or in a classical system) in a teacher’s house, langgar, or surau. The relationship pattern between Islamic (pesantren-madrasah) and the regular education system is associated with Indonesia’s Islamic education system development. This pattern occurred in the 19th to the beginning of the 21st Century and is divided into two episodes. During the first two centuries (19th and 20th centuries), the Islamic education system (religious sciences organized by individuals, organizations, or government institutions) was still differentiated (convergence or synthesis) from the ordinary school education system (general sciences). At the beginning of the 21st Century, the relationship between the two education systems has indicated knowledge integration, although it is still minimal. So far, it has been rigidly divided between “religious sciences” on the one hand and “general sciences” on the other, leading to an integrated knowledge discourse. If this pattern is desired, an Islamic boarding school for higher education will be created. In which “general knowledge” is given during the day, and “religious knowledge” (Al-Qur’an and Kitab) is taught in the evening. This tradition has become a model for curriculum synthesis between the religious sciences and the general sciences to form the Islamic higher education institution.

Global Anti-LGBT Politics

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry D. Adam
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
Christian Morality ◽  
The World ◽  
Lgbt Politics ◽  
Global North ◽  
Major Transformation ◽  
Lgbt People

Anti-LGBT politics around the world have undergone a major transformation over the last half century. While European powers once held themselves up as defenders of Christian morality and patriarchy, characterizing Asia, Africa, and the Americas as locations of sexual disorder, in the 21st century many of the countries of the Global South construct LGBT sexualities as pathological, threatening, or criminal, while many countries of the Global North incorporate sexual orientation in a discourse of human rights, democracy, and individual freedom. Many of the social forces of nationalism and populism of the early 21st century place the well-being of LGBT citizens in jeopardy, and conflicts between these divergent visions of the good society continue to have grave consequences for LGBT people around the world.

The Theory and Practice of Teaching in Today's Colleges and Universities

2009 ◽  
pp. 764-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor X. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Change ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Learning Society ◽  
Practice Of Teaching ◽  
Adult And Higher Education

Teaching is changing and it is being forced to change by many forces of social change. Today’s theory and practice of teaching in adult and higher education are not only shaped by technology, but also by prevalent teaching and learning theories such as constructivism, progressive principles of education, humanism and even behaviorism. While behaviorism, a major component of pedagogical teaching, successfully dominated adult and higher education in the past, the purpose of this chapter is to demonstrate that we are experiencing a paradigm shift from being pedagogical in our instruction to an andragogical mode of education in the 21st century due to the fact that we do know, to some extent, how students learn. Therefore, the way knowledge is delivered in the new century must be changed in order to serve the needs of this learning society.

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