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AISHE 2.0 Manual

Assessment Instrument for

Sustainability in Higher Education

Edition 2.0

second draft

Niko Roorda, Netherlands

Christian Rammel, Austria

Sylvia Waara, Sweden

Urbano Fra Paleo, Spain

English text, 2009

Quality Assessment

Humanity

Ecology

Economy

Physical Structure

Goals

Output Assessment

Interdiscipl. Integration

Thematic Integration

Awareness & Basics

Methodology

Goals

Output Assessment

Interdiscipl. Integration

Thematic Integration

Awareness & Basics

Methodology

Goals

Impact Assessment

Connecting

Thematic Involvement

Awareness & Learning

Methodology

Goals

Transparency & Accountability

Coherence

Expertise

Communication

Leadership

Vision & Policy

CHECK

DO

PLAN

CHECK

DO

PLAN

Operations Education Research Society

ACT

ACT

Identity

Reporting

Certification

AISHE 2.0

Identity

Operations

Education

Research

Society

Stage 1 2 3 4 5

Outside

world

itself Organization

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Table of contents

Colophon ........................................................................................................................ 3

Foreword ........................................................................................................................ 3

1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 4

2. Higher Education for Sustainable Development ................................................. 6

2.1. Sustainable Development ....................................................................................................................... 6 2.2. Education for sustainable development (ESD) ....................................................................................... 7 2.3. The four roles of higher education institutions ....................................................................................... 8

3. The structure of AISHE 2.0 ................................................................................. 10

3.1. AISHE consists of 5 modules ............................................................................................................... 10 3.2. Each module consists of 6 criteria ........................................................................................................ 10 3.3. Each criterion is described by 5 development stages ........................................................................... 11 3.4. The various dimensions of the five stages ............................................................................................ 13

4. The assessment procedure ................................................................................... 15

4.1. Preliminary decisions ........................................................................................................................... 15 4.2. The application level ............................................................................................................................ 15 4.3. The application goal ............................................................................................................................. 16

4.3.1. The internal assessment ............................................................................................................... 16 4.3.2. Regulations for the external assessment ...................................................................................... 17 4.3.3. A combination of institutes .......................................................................................................... 18

4.4. The selection of modules...................................................................................................................... 19 4.5. Practical preparations ........................................................................................................................... 20 4.6. The assessment ..................................................................................................................................... 21 4.7. After the assessment ............................................................................................................................. 23 4.8. The AISHE 2.0 Score Form ................................................................................................................. 23

5. The Identity Module ............................................................................................. 25

5.1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 25 5.2. The criteria ........................................................................................................................................... 26

I-1. Vision and Policy ............................................................................................................................... 26 I-2. Leadership ......................................................................................................................................... 28 I-3. Communication ................................................................................................................................. 30 I-4. Expertise ............................................................................................................................................ 31 I-5. Coherence .......................................................................................................................................... 32 I-6. Transparency and accountability ....................................................................................................... 33

6. The Operations Module ....................................................................................... 34

6.1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 34 6.2. The criteria ........................................................................................................................................... 35

O-1. Goals ................................................................................................................................................ 35 O-2. Physical structure ............................................................................................................................. 36 O-3. Economy .......................................................................................................................................... 37 O-4. Ecology ............................................................................................................................................ 37 O-5. Humanity.......................................................................................................................................... 38 O-6. Quality assessment ........................................................................................................................... 39

7. The Education Module ......................................................................................... 40

7.1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 40 7.2. The criteria ........................................................................................................................................... 41

E-1. Goals................................................................................................................................................. 41 E-2. Methodology .................................................................................................................................... 42 E-3. Awareness and basic concepts .......................................................................................................... 43

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E-4. Thematic integration ......................................................................................................................... 43 E-5. Interdisciplinary Integration ............................................................................................................. 44 E-6. Output assessment ............................................................................................................................ 44

8. The Research Module .......................................................................................... 46

8.1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 46 8.2. The criteria ........................................................................................................................................... 48

R-1. Goals ......................................................