EVALUATING INSTITUTIONAL GREEN BUILDING POLICIES:A Mixed-Methods Approach

Sustainable or green building practices have been adopted recently by many higher education institutions for their new campus buildings and major renovations.To date,no formal study has been conducted to determine if policy is essential for sustainable building practices and the implementation of LEED®for these institutional green buildings in North America.A mixed-methods approach consisting of a quantitative survey and qualitative interviews was undertaken with senior facility professionals at higher education institutions in North America.The survey evalu-ated the institution’s use of a policy,guideline,standard,law or goal related to sustainable building practices and the interview identified specific practices as well as issues such as leadership,policy compliance and barriers to adopting sustainable building policies.This paper provides a framework for an institutional sustainable building policy that is suitable to use as a template for senior facility professionals and their specific policy development.This work contrib-utes to a foundation for future research related to sustainable/green building policy development and its application to the higher education sector.

高校贯彻落实党风廉政建设责任制存在的问题与对策

抓好高校党风廉政建设责任制在各高等院校的贯彻落实,是我国高等教育事业持续健康发展的重要保证。文章对当前高校贯彻落实党风廉政建设责任制过程中存在的问题进行了分析,并提出了贯彻落实党风廉政建设责任制的对策。

形势与政策教育促进农业高校学生党建新模式探析

高校育人的基础是党建工作。农业高校党建工作更应该创新工作模式,服务农业院校培养现代农业人才的需要,顺应国家农业发展大势,提高针对性和时效性。形势与政策教育是帮助学生树立正确的世界观、政治立场及政治素质的关键渠道,与学生党建工作的内容和方法上都有共通之处。以山东农业大学生命科学学院形势与政策教育促进学生党建工作模式为例,分析了农业高校学生党建工作存在的问题和形势与政策教育促进农业高校学生党建工作的优势,探究形势与政策教育促进农业高校学生党建新模式,以期为新形势下农业高校学生党建工作提供新思路。

新中国成立70年来高等教育重点建设政策的选择与变迁

对新中国成立70年来高等教育重点建设政策进行梳理,将高等教育重点建设的历程划分为3个阶段:以政治逻辑为主要取向的重点高校阶段、以经济逻辑为主要取向的工程建设阶段和以教育逻辑为主要取向的内涵发展阶段,对各阶段政策工具的特点展开论述,从制度变迁的角度分析新时代高等教育重点建设的长期性,阐述了高等教育重点建设政策工具选择的复杂性。