Category Archives: climatechange

Since I started researching climate change and higher education‘s future I’ve participated in and witnessed many discussions about the topic.  In person and online, academia seems to be increasingly interested in exploring what climate change means for colleges and universities. … Continue reading →

How will climate change impact the future of higher education? In this post I’ll share two news stories that I think are useful prompts for this futures work, each in some different ways.  Both are behind paywalls, so I’ll summarize … Continue reading →

Over the past few weeks I’ve been blogging about the impact of climate change and higher education (posts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; all here).  Today I’d like to expand on points from post #4, about the relationship between… … Continue reading →

For two weeks I’ve been blogging about possible futures for higher education in an era of climate crisis (all posts found here).  I wanted to take this post to address what looks like an early example of climate change hitting … Continue reading →

What will climate change do to higher education?  How will academia respond? Last week I offered a series of blog posts starting to explore this enormous question (1, 2, 3, 4).  I wanted to get my thoughts down and explore … Continue reading →

Here I’d like to continue this week’s series of posts on higher ed, the future, and climate change.  (Previous posts concern campus populations, campus facilities, and the academic mission.) 4. Campus and the off campus world    Colleges and universities … Continue reading →

In this post I continue my series on higher ed and climate change.  Here are the previous posts: 1, 2. 3. On campus: the academic mission Academic research can play many roles in transforming higher ed in the age of … Continue reading →

This post continues my series on higher education and climate change.  Here’s the first post; more are coming over the course of this week. On campus: the physical institution One of the major areas these decision-makers will have to work … Continue reading →

How will higher education change in the age of climate crisis? This is a very large topic.  Academia is a large, sprawling, disorganized ecosystem. Climate change presents enormous complexity, as do the many ways humanity can respond.  Their intersection is … Continue reading →