INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHANGES IN EDUCATION
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When Higher Education Engages Glocal Challenges of Sustainable and Equitable Development: A Promising Way Forward

Peter H. Koehn 1 * ,
Phyllis Bo-yuen Ngai 2
1 Department of Political Science, University of Montana, USA2 School of Social Work, University of Montana, USA* Corresponding Author
International Journal of Changes in Education, 2(4), 2025, 219-229, https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE52024799
Publication date: Nov 24, 2025
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ABSTRACT

Sustainable and equitable development requires comprehensive and collaborative initiatives that avoid and remedy environmental harms and remove and alleviate poverty-contributing factors. This review article presents a promising way forward for universities to engage in sustainable development challenges that build on South-North collaboration and the interests, dedication, energy, and contributions of today’s youth. First, we introduce critical dimensions of the contemporary global challenge of sustainable development along with their interconnected features. We next review the crucial sustainable development Higher-Education roles and gaps of tertiary education institutions along with encouraging educational approaches. Then, we set forth three innovative initiatives that, implemented collectively, promise to address prevailing shortcomings in the ways that universities currently approach these challenges. The linked initiatives are (1) transnational competence curricula and preparation, (2) South-North Higher Education Consortia, and (3) a Global Challenges Corps staffed by a transnational cadre of higher education graduates and professionals. These proposals are accompanied by a detailed evaluation framework. The world’s institutions of higher learning are strategically positioned to distinguish and address current and upcoming challenges of sustainable development. In combination, our three proposed initiatives offer tertiary-level institutions a breakthrough approach for preparing current and future students interested in gaining valuable sustainability problem-solving skills. By embracing the institutional change pathways elaborated here, forward-looking universities will move to a far stronger position from which to provide tomorrow’s students with valuable skills and experiences for tackling forthcoming glocal socio-ecological challenges.

KEYWORDS

sustainable development environmental degradation poverty alleviation transnational competence youth higher education

CITATION (APA)

Koehn, P. H., & Ngai, P. B.-Y. (2025). When Higher Education Engages Glocal Challenges of Sustainable and Equitable Development: A Promising Way Forward. International Journal of Changes in Education, 2(4), 219-229. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE52024799
Harvard
Koehn, P. H., and Ngai, P. B.-Y. (2025). When Higher Education Engages Glocal Challenges of Sustainable and Equitable Development: A Promising Way Forward. International Journal of Changes in Education, 2(4), pp. 219-229. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE52024799
Vancouver
Koehn PH, Ngai PBY. When Higher Education Engages Glocal Challenges of Sustainable and Equitable Development: A Promising Way Forward. International Journal of Changes in Education. 2025;2(4):219-29. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE52024799
AMA
Koehn PH, Ngai PBY. When Higher Education Engages Glocal Challenges of Sustainable and Equitable Development: A Promising Way Forward. International Journal of Changes in Education. 2025;2(4), 219-229. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE52024799
Chicago
Koehn, Peter H., and Phyllis Bo-yuen Ngai. "When Higher Education Engages Glocal Challenges of Sustainable and Equitable Development: A Promising Way Forward". International Journal of Changes in Education 2025 2 no. 4 (2025): 219-229. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE52024799
MLA
Koehn, Peter H. et al. "When Higher Education Engages Glocal Challenges of Sustainable and Equitable Development: A Promising Way Forward". International Journal of Changes in Education, vol. 2, no. 4, 2025, pp. 219-229. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE52024799

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