The Inheritance of Millenial Students: What They will Inherit from their Campus Experience — What Legacy Will They Leave

Students need to see examples from society’s leaders of actions to address urgent sustainability challenges in order to motivate them to take actions of their own.

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Millennial students can be inspired to create a legacy for future generations by the recognizable actions of campus planners to create more sustainable campuses through smart growth planning, green buildings, transportation planning, and energy- and water-efficiency retrofits. This article describes policies, programs, and projects at The University of British Columbia; presents student concerns about the future and their reactions to campus initiatives in sustainability, and discusses recent research regarding student responses to green buildings on campuses in Canada.

From the October–November–December 2008 issue of Planning for Higher Education, this "SCUP Links Blog" post provides an opportunity for you to share comments or additional resources/links about the focus of the article, The Inheritance of Millenial Students: What They will Inherit from their Campus Experience — What Legacy Will They Leave, v37n1, pp. 49–58, by Freda Pagani. You can read the entire article here.

Note that this issue of Planning is the first of a two-part themed volume with the overall title, Student Life. The second part will be published in January 2009. Assembled, the two parts will be available in late January 2009 for purchase as a single PDF document for your quick and easy reference.