The development and measurement of conducive campus environment for Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) of campus sustainability

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Abstract

The campus environment in a higher learning institution should be conducive to support the synergistic effects of its three basic functions namely: learning, social interactions and living. Campus conduciveness is rarely measured in the context of campus sustainability. This study will develop and establish Conducive Campus Environment (CCE) tools while measuring the level of conduciveness to improve the management of facilities, services, infrastructures and the physical environmental settings of the campus environment. It is implied in the context of campus sustainability initiatives at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor, to fulfil the three basic pillars of sustainability, hence environmental, social and economic. The standardized structured questionnaires distributed among 380 students focus on facilities, services and infrastructures in the campus setting. An inferential factor analysis has been applied and the four levels of conduciveness have been developed. At last, the study reveals the adoption of CCE ca be an example on how sustainable balance score card adopted in higher learning institution. © 2014 Penerbit UTM Press. All rights reserved.

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Zen, I. S., Omar, W., & Ahamad, R. (2014). The development and measurement of conducive campus environment for Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) of campus sustainability. Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences and Engineering), 68(1), 71–82. https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v68.2360

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