Committee Publications

Change Agent Abilities Required to Help Create a Sustainable Future (DOC)

Education for Sustainable Development Primer (PDF)

Envisioning a Student Affairs Division that Supports Sustainability (PDF)

Student Learning Outcomes (PDF)

Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Materials Guidebook (PDF)

Tool Kit for a Better World: Ideas for Campus Activities that Support and Educate about Sustainable Living (PDF)

Toward A Sustainable Future: The Role of Student Affairs in Creating Healthy Environments, Social Justice, and Strong Economies - An ACPA member exclusive, login to download a copy. (PDF)

Triple Bottom Line Quick Guide (PDF)

Committee Presentations

ACPA's Presidential Task Force on Sustainability (PPT) by Kathleen Gardner and Kathleen G. Kerr 

Advanced Sustainability Techniques Institute-I: Moving from Rhetoric to Substance (PPT) by Kathleen Gardner, Susan Mendoza-Jones, and Jeanne Hart-Steffes 

Advanced Sustainability Techniques Institute-II: Current Trends and Assessment (PPT) by Kathleen Gardner, Susan Mendoza-Jones, and Jeanne Hart-Steffes

Change Agent Abilities Required to Help Create a Sustainable Future (DOC) by ACPA and the U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development

Higher Education and Student Affairs: Listening Tour (PDF) by ACPA Sustainability Advisory Committee on behalf of the Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium

Innovative Approaches to Promoting Sustainable Communities in Student Affairs (PDF) by Kaye Holman and Jim Tweedy

Integrating Sustainability into a Learning Community (PPT) by Kathleen Gardner, Kathleen Kerr, and Jeanne Hart-Steffes

A National Trend: Sustainability in Higher Education and ACPA's Leadership Role (PPT) by Debra Rowe

Social Justice and Sustainable Development (PPT) by Keith E. Edwards and Kathleen G. Kerr

Sustainability Primer - Getting Started in Sustainability (PDF) by Jim Tweedy and Kaye Holman

Sustainable Student Affairs Preparation Programs: Visioning for Our Profession (PPT) by Susan D. Longerbeam,and. Boyd Yarbrough

Recommended Publications

Jaobs, B. A., & Kinzie, J. (Eds.). (2012). Enhancing sustainability campuswide: New directions for student services (Vol. 137). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Yousey-Elsener, K., Keith, D. R., & Ripkey, S. L. (2010). Assessment matters: What are students learning about sustainability? About Campus, 15(5), 22-26. doi: 10.1002/abc.20038

Web Resources

American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC)

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)

Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC)

U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development