Starting with the SDGs: A Practical Framework
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer higher education institutions a shared language and vision for addressing global challenges through teaching, research, and engagement. Starting with the SDGs: A Practical Framework helps campus leaders, faculty, and staff take their first steps in connecting institutional priorities to this global agenda.
This hands-on digital resource provides guiding questions, sample scenarios, and practical actions to help you:
- Build leadership awareness and campus momentum for the SDGs.
- Align your institutional mission and strategies with global goals.
- Identify allies and partnerships across campus and beyond.
- Make the most of existing resources to create lasting impact.
Whether your campus is just beginning the journey or seeking to expand ongoing efforts, this guide offers clear, adaptable pathways for integrating the SDGs into your institutional culture and practice.
Starting with the SDGs: A Practical Framework is the first installment in NAFSA’s SDG Action Series, a collection of bite-sized digital resources designed to help higher education institutions navigate the UN SDGs and provide practical guidance on how to integrate them into institutional strategies, programs, and everyday practice. They serve as companion pieces to NAFSA's deeper dive into the subject: Global Goals, Global Education: Advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
About the authors:
Jolynn Shoemaker is the director of global engagements in the Global Affairs unit at the University of California-Davis (UC Davis). In this role, she is leading efforts to integrate the United Nations SDGs into internationalization efforts and to engage members of the campus community in the Global Goals. She has supported numerous international initiatives for Global Affairs, including global strategic planning processes, regional engagement, and international agreements.
Joanna Regulska is vice provost and dean of the Global Affairs unit and professor of gender, sexuality, and women’s studies at UC Davis. Regulska has led large-scale programs that transform institutions, establish collaborative partnerships, and substantially improve globally focused services for more than 30 years.
Starting with the SDGs: A Practical Framework
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer higher education institutions a shared language and vision for addressing global challenges through teaching, research, and engagement. Starting with the SDGs: A Practical Framework helps campus leaders, faculty, and staff take their first steps in connecting institutional priorities to this global agenda.
This hands-on digital resource provides guiding questions, sample scenarios, and practical actions to help you:
- Build leadership awareness and campus momentum for the SDGs.
- Align your institutional mission and strategies with global goals.
- Identify allies and partnerships across campus and beyond.
- Make the most of existing resources to create lasting impact.
Whether your campus is just beginning the journey or seeking to expand ongoing efforts, this guide offers clear, adaptable pathways for integrating the SDGs into your institutional culture and practice.
Starting with the SDGs: A Practical Framework is the first installment in NAFSA’s SDG Action Series, a collection of bite-sized digital resources designed to help higher education institutions navigate the UN SDGs and provide practical guidance on how to integrate them into institutional strategies, programs, and everyday practice. They serve as companion pieces to NAFSA's deeper dive into the subject: Global Goals, Global Education: Advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
About the authors:
Jolynn Shoemaker is the director of global engagements in the Global Affairs unit at the University of California-Davis (UC Davis). In this role, she is leading efforts to integrate the United Nations SDGs into internationalization efforts and to engage members of the campus community in the Global Goals. She has supported numerous international initiatives for Global Affairs, including global strategic planning processes, regional engagement, and international agreements.
Joanna Regulska is vice provost and dean of the Global Affairs unit and professor of gender, sexuality, and women’s studies at UC Davis. Regulska has led large-scale programs that transform institutions, establish collaborative partnerships, and substantially improve globally focused services for more than 30 years.
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