DOI
10.1108/IJSHE-03-2020-0089

Summary
This study is concerned with the exploration of various practices of universities and colleges or Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) across the world for their sustainability in education, research, campus operations and outreach programs. Menon & Suresh describe the motivation for this study and draw attention to the literature review of Sustainability in Higher Education (SHE) and presents their title in table 1.

The research methodology of this study is described in section 3. Here, the data collection process is outlined with referenced the various databases used. The process of analysis is described thereafter and also depicted in a flow diagram in figure 1. 223 articles were reviewed for the purpose of this study. Section 5 – Literature overview, details the relevant literature under various headings. Table 5 in this section depicts multiple ‘teaching techniques’ and their respective references.  

Relevance for Complex Systems Knowledge
This study is highly relevant sustainable development and the furthering of teaching and learning on the topic as it contributes to the literature of sustainability in higher education.

Table 1 contains a list of studies relevant to this topic. Section 4.5 of the results details the breakdown percentage of reviewed articles relevant to ‘sustainability integration in higher education’. Similarly, section 4.6 details the percentage of articles relevant to ‘teaching techniques adopted by higher education institutions’. Table 5 contains a list of teaching techniques and their respective references.  

Point of Strength
This entire study is a strong point. In terms of reimagining higher education, specifically under the context of sustainable development, this study has it all as a baseline reference. It could be described as a mothership for relevant literature on sustainability pedagogy.

The methodology used for this literature review study is detailed as a basic but effective flow diagram in figure 1. This could be highly valuable for the teaching of literature review skills for students or in the replication of a similar study to this one.

The SHE literature reviews presented in Table 1 hold high value as journal resources for further or similar research on this topic. Essentially, these 17 resources, as well as the other 223, could have been implemented into the COSY research titles.