Johannesburg – Professor Tawana Kupe, a Global Higher Education Strategy Adviser and former Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, is spearheading a new publication titled “Higher Education and SDG4.”
Among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations, SDG4 is particularly crucial for institutions of Higher Education.
“Taking a proactive approach, Higher Education and SDG4 explores the changing educational environment, highlighting its vital contributions and the necessary steps needed to achieve ‘Quality Education’,” states the International Association of Universities (IAU), the global representative for higher education.
“We at the IAU are excited to announce the publication of our partner and Executive Leadership Programme facilitator Prof. Tawana Kupe’s latest work, ‘Higher Education and SDG4’.”
About the book:
The chapters investigate current challenges and topics, progressing beyond simple analysis to offer innovative concepts, strategies, and potential solutions that can enable significant contributions from higher education towards achieving SDG4.
By incorporating the perspectives of students, faculty, and staff, the chapters tackle the complex factors that sustain inequity and examine how universities can actively engage in efforts to mitigate it.
Highlighting the necessity for deliberate, inclusive, and prompt action, Higher Education and SDG4 broadens its scope beyond educational frameworks to investigate how higher education institutions can fortify societal capabilities and act as vital agents for sustainable futures.
The Higher Education and the Sustainable Development Goals series comprises an illuminating collection of 17 books, each analyzing an SDG through the lens of higher education.
Employing a solutions-driven framework, each volume addresses how higher education is facilitating the achievement of Agenda 2030.
This series is edited by Wendy Purcell, a Professor at Rutgers University, an Academic Research Scholar at Harvard University, and an Emeritus Professor and University President Emerita.
