Editors' notes / Larry H. Litten / Dawn Geronimo Terkla -- The Sustainability challenge / James Merkel / Larry H. Litten -- The Business case for sustainability / Walt Freese -- The University case for sustainability / Lawrence Bacow / William Moomaw -- Metrics and meaning for environmental sustainability / Gloria Thompson / Sarah Hammond Creighton -- New economic and financial indicators of sustainability / James Pittman / Kevin Wilhelm -- Social indicators of sustainable progress for higher education / Terry Link -- Developing educational indicators that will guide students and institutions toward a sustainable future / Bert Cohen -- Models and resources for advancing sustainable institutional and societal progress / Larry H. Litten / Dawn Geronimo Terkla