title: Planet U: Sustaining the World, Reinventing the University
author: Michael M'Gonigle
description: <DIV>Michael M'Gonigle is Professor and Eco-Research Chair of Environmental Law and Policy in the Faculty of Law and School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria. A former chairperson of Greenpeace Canada, he is the author of numerous books and reports on smart growth, forestry, political economy and sustainability. Justine Cara Starke is a Research Associate in the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance at the University of Victoria. A geographer, planner and activist; her research focuses on obstacles to implementing sustainability best practices and she has been involved in preserving natural areas on campus.</DIV>
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  Education Crossing Borders
  
  Education Crossing Borders
  
   **How Singapore and MIT Created a New University**
  
   **Dara R. Fisher**
  
  The MIT Press
  
  Cambridge, Massachusetts
  
  London, England
  
  > © 2020 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  
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  > Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  
  > Names: Fisher, Dara R., author.
  
  > Title: Education crossing borders : how Singapore and MIT created a new
  
  > university / Dara R. Fisher.
  
  > Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020] | Includes
  
  > bibliographical references and index.
  
  > Identifiers: LCCN 2019040780 | ISBN 9780262539036 (paperback)
  
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