“…Characteristics and challenges of environmental sciences programs Fueled by an increasing scientific and societal attention to environmental issues, a widely diverging set of higher education environmental programs has been developed over the last four decades (e.g., for the Netherlands, Copius Peereboom and Bouwer 1993, Ginjaar and Zijderveld 1996, Schoot Uiterkamp and Leroy 2008 for the United States, Maniates andWhissel 2000, Vincent andFocht 2009). Many of these programs are labeled environmental sciences or environmental studies, but similar programs are also offered under labels such as ecology, resource management, environmental management, land-use planning, or human geography (see, e.g., Vedeld and Krogh 2005, Kainer et al 2006, QAA 2007).…”