Higher Education and SDG17

Ángel Cabrera is President of the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. He co-founded the University Global Coalition, a global network of universities working in partnership with the United Nations in support of the SDGs.Drew Cutright is Senior Strategy Consultant, Strategic Consulting, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.

• Chapter 1. Introduction; Ángel Cabrera and Drew Cutright Chapter 2. SDG 17 and the Role of Universities; Nikhil Seth Chapter 3. Mobilizing Higher Education Action on the SDGs: Insights from System Change Approaches; Tahl S. Kestin, Julio Lumbreras, and María Cortés Puch Chapter 4. Towards Global Equity in Higher Education; Joanna Newman Chapter 5. Rethinking Partnerships in our Lived Spaces: A Key to Achieving the SDGs; Susan T.L. Harrison and Maano Ramutsindela Chapter 6. The Power of Intergenerational Partnership: Students, Universities, and SDG 17; Sam Vaghar, Summer Wyatt-Buchan, Shriya Dayal, Srijan Banik, and Ayushi Nahar Chapter 7. Global Shared Learning by Tecnológico de Monterrey: An International Partnership for Sustainable Development Education; Luz Patricia Montaño-Salinas and José Manuel Páez-BorralloChapter 8. Drawdown Georgia Business Compact: A Partnership Advancing Collective Action for Climate Mitigation; Marilyn A. Brown, Jasmine Crowe, John Lanier, Michael Oxman, Roy Richards, Jr. and L. Beril Toktay

This is a timely book, which will provide a concrete support to the debate on SDG17 and on the actions which the higher education community should take in order to pursue its implementation.