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Fig. 4 Number and percentage of articles over the past years
29
5% 38
7%
71
13%
407
75%
Extension
Curriculum greening
Campus operations
Research
Fig. 5 Proportion of articles classified according to the university role in SD
ment (SD): extension, curriculum greening, campus operations and research. Figure 5
illustrates the proportion and number of articles according to this classification.
The articles classified as “extension” are those dealing with universities involved
with continuing education or further education programmes, as well as actions
or studies performed by universities beyond their direct locality—i.e. broadening
actions to the community, companies and the household sector, amongst others (Bambawale and Sovacool 2011; Sadineni et al. 2012; Staller et al. 2016). Among the 545
articles, 29 (5%) were considered examples of extension.
“Curriculum greening” included articles that presented changes in the university
curriculum, such as inclusion of new subjects, discussions about sustainability in
class, practical classes or other activities or actions (Alawin et al. 2016; Desha and
Hargroves 2010; Jain et al. 2013). In other words, these articles presented ways
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Fig. 4 Number and percentage of articles over the past years
29
5% 38
7%
71
13%
407
75%
Extension
Curriculum greening
Campus operations
Research
Fig. 5 Proportion of articles classified according to the university role in SD
ment (SD): extension, curriculum greening, campus operations and research. Figure 5
illustrates the proportion and number of articles according to this classification.
The articles classified as “extension” are those dealing with universities involved
with continuing education or further education programmes, as well as actions
or studies performed by universities beyond their direct locality—i.e. broadening
actions to the community, companies and the household sector, amongst others (Bambawale and Sovacool 2011; Sadineni et al. 2012; Staller et al. 2016). Among the 545
articles, 29 (5%) were considered examples of extension.
“Curriculum greening” included articles that presented changes in the university
curriculum, such as inclusion of new subjects, discussions about sustainability in
class, practical classes or other activities or actions (Alawin et al. 2016; Desha and
Hargroves 2010; Jain et al. 2013). In other words, these articles presented ways