It’s Not Easy Being Green
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Author(s): David Moltz
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Abstract
How environmentally friendly is your college or university? Well, it all depends on whom you ask.
As higher education has become more conscious of issues such as sustainability, a number of independent assessments have arisen from both nonprofit and for-profit sources. For better or for worse, they all have different methods of evaluation and serve disparate audiences — and many of these assessments rely on self-reporting. As these green ratings have proliferated, many college officials have said they would prefer a national standard. And some experts think a new environmental rating being created may become one.