A Different Type of Sustainability

Elia Powers writes about higher education leaders' involvement in sustainable economic development and public health solutions in developing countries in this article:

University leaders from five continents and 170 institutions shared the results of their efforts to solve public health problems, strengthen work force development programs or add to the higher education infrastructure. Organized by Higher Education for Development, a group whose governing board consists of presidents from six American higher education associations, the projects were funded by the United States Agency for International Development. *** When the term sustainability comes up these days in the context of American higher education, it’s most often a reference to some sort of environmental initiative. But in many developing countries, it’s also a matter of keeping programs and even institutions up and running, including those that help train the future academic leaders.

A related article by Beth McMurtrie of The Chronicle of Higher Education is here, but it requires subscription and a password for access.