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Sustainability in Higher Education: What Do Administrators Have To Do With it?
By Shruthi Subramanyam

Environmentally responsible behaviors are becoming an integral component of the
average American's daily lifestyle. College campuses are also part of the movement as they
go "green," increasing students' awareness about sustainability and shaping related
behaviors. This study focuses on the impact of how students perceive university efforts to
promote sustainability. I argue that to the extent that students perceive university efforts to
be legitimate, they are more likely to engage in environmentally responsible behaviors.
Responses from 300 students, half of whom lived in campus "green" housing and half in
conventional residence halls at a southeastern university, confirm that student perceptions
of what administrators do affect their environmentally responsible behaviors. Interestingly,
whether students' peers legitimate sustainability efforts has little effect. I discuss results in
terms of enhancing sustainability on college campuses.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction...1
University Greening Efforts...4
Green Efforts at Emory University...8
Background Literature and Hypotheses...12
Methods...21
Results...28
Discussion...35
References...43
Appendix A: LEED-Certified Buildings at Emory...50
Appendix B: Variable Coding and Scales...51

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School	Emory College
Department	Sociology
Degree	BA
Submission	Honors Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	Psychology, Social Sociology, General Education, Higher
Parola chiave	legitimacy theory sustainability in higher education
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Hegtvedt, Karen A, Emory University
Committee Members	Wilson, Andy, Emory University Johnson, Cathryn, Emory University

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