scholarly journals ELABORATION OF THE SUSTAINABLE UNIVERSITY MODEL AND ITS APPLICATION IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alina Suslenco ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Innovative Approach ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
Sustainability In Higher Education ◽  
The Republic

This paper represents a well-founded scientific approach, which elucidates the need to develop a model for ensuring the sustainability in higher education institutions. The aim of the paper is to develop its own model of sustainable development of universities in the Republic of Moldova in order to increase their competitiveness. The research problem is to find an optimal model with the purpose of ensuring a sustainable development of universities in the Republic of Moldova. The research question: what model of sustainable development can be applied to higher education institutions in the Republic of Moldova. Therefore, in this context, several models of the sustainable development of higher education institutions were reviewed, and towards the end, the own model of ensuring sustainability within the universities of the Republic of Moldova was developed. The model includes an innovative approach on the creation of a sustainable university in the conditions of the Republic of Moldova. The model proposed by us is based on ensuring a balanced development from an ecological-economic-social point of view, along with the most important levels that must be developed within a university in order to ensure a sustainable development. The research methodology focused on the use of a range of relevant methods such as: analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, abduction, documentation, scientific abstraction, which helped us to advance in research and obtain the expected results. In conclusion, we can reiterate that each university, which claims to step firmly on the path of competitiveness and is able to raise students’ interest, motivate their development, create notoriety among stakeholders, has to develop a model of sustainable, viable, competitive development that could ensure a secure path in the future. The model proposed by us is a viable one, and deserves to be applied in the context of increasing competitive pressures. This model will help the universities to deal with competition, to overcome the problems and challenges faced by higher education institutions in the Republic of Moldova, such as the decrease of college enrolment rate and the number of students, the diminution of notoriety, lack of viable tools applied within the university in the interest of ensuring competitive advantages. Applying our own model constitutes an innovative approach for strengthening the sustainability in higher education institutions based on effective tools that will definitely contribute to increasing the performance and ensuring sustainability in higher education institutions in the Republic of Moldova.

scholarly journals The Name Of Our Country Will Be Praised By The Followers Of Kamoliddin Bekhzod

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (04) ◽  
pp. 402-408
Author(s):  
Nodirbek Sayfullaev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Qualified Personnel ◽  
The Social ◽  
Presidential Decree ◽  
The Republic

On the way to higher education In recent years, under the leadership of the President Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev, great changes have taken place in the higher education system, as well as in all areas. Consequently, the confidence of our people in this field is strengthening, and the desire of youngsters for higher education is growing from year to year. The Presidential Decree "On approval of the Concept of development of the higher education system of the Republic of Uzbekistan until 2030" states important tasks such as ‘’raising the content of higher education to a qualitatively new level, the establishment of a system of training highly qualified personnel who can make a worthy contribution to the sustainable development of the social sphere and the economy, find their place in the labor market’’.

scholarly journals Quality Management in the Higher Education of the Republic of Moldova as a Framework for University Performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 431-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Prisacaru ◽  
Aurelia Litvin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Quality Management Systems ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
The Republic ◽  
And Performance

Abstract This investigation is focused on two objectives: 1) explaining the relationship between quality management and performance management in higher education; 2) evaluating the existing quality management systems in the higher education institutions of the Republic of Moldova. In order to accomplish the first objective, a comparative theoretical analysis of the quality management and performance management was carried out in terms of common aspects and distinctive peculiarities. Consequently, it was reasoned that the performance management system of a higher education institution is created and functions on the basis of the quality management system by extending the area of the quality objectives to the level at which they will ensure performance or, in other terms, by moving towards excellence. In order to achieve the second objective, an opinion survey for the teaching and managerial staff from 6 universities was carried out. As a consequence of processing the obtained results, there were identified problems related to the functioning of the quality management systems. The investigation resulted in the formulation of a set of recommendations for the higher education institutions of the Republic of Moldova in order to increase the efficiency of the quality management systems functioning and thus to ensure an efficient management.

scholarly journals Perceptions and Attitudes towards Sustainable Development among Malaysian Undergraduates

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Balamuralithara Balakrishnan ◽  
Fumihiko Tochinai ◽  
Hidekazu Kanemitsu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Economic ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Development Education ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Current Paradigm ◽  
Sustainable Development Education

This paper reports the findings of the perceptions and attitudes towards sustainable development among Malaysian undergraduates. The study was carried out involving 154 undergraduates from five universities in Malaysia. This research was conducted based on a survey whereby the respondents were given a questionnaire to gauge their perception and attitude towards sustainable development. The output of the analyses showed that the respondents have positive perceptions and attitudes towards all sustainability dimensions—environmental, economic, and social—except for economic and social bound issues. These findings suggest that the educators who are involved in sustainable development education need to focus on economic and social bound aspects. Overall, the findings showed that the sustainable development education in higher education institutions has cultivated an appropriate sense of responsibility towards sustainability among their undergraduate students. As such, this investigation serves as a cornerstone to which the current paradigm of sustainable development education can be examined for further improvement by related stakeholders.

scholarly journals ENSURING GENDER EQUALITY AND DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OF UKRAINE ACCORDING TO THE OBJECTIVES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT : GENDER PORTRAIT OF PRYDNIPROVSKA STATE ACADEMY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

2021 ◽  
pp. 114-127
Author(s):  
M. V. SAVYTSKYI ◽  
H. P. YEVSIEIEVA ◽  
V.A. BABENKO ◽  
S.P. VOLKOVA ◽  
G.I. LYSENKO
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Parity

Formulation of the problem. Ukraine's accession to the global democratic processes of recognition ofequal rights and opportunities for everyone within the global process of sustainable development has launched aninclusive process of adapting the Sustainable Development Goals and establishing strategic frameworks for Ukraine'snational development until 2030. The actualization of the policy of equal rights and opportunities for scientific andpedagogical community of higher education institutions of Ukraine has become especially important, in accordancewith the defined goals of sustainable development, contributed to updating gender portraits of educational institutions toassess the real situation in the institutions, priority issues, needs and interests of women and men, ways to ensure genderbalance and social justice. Higher education institutions of Ukraine form basic humanistic concepts, such as: genderculture, adherence to the principles of gender equality, prevention of gender discrimination in its various forms,involved in the development and implementation of promising programs to ensure gender equality, research on genderissues. The purpose. The aim is to study the observance of the principles of gender equality in education as a factor ofdemocratic transformation in higher education institutions of Ukraine, to create a gender portrait of Prydniprovska StateAcademy of Civil Engineering and Architecture, and on this basis to form the principles of gender equality and genderculture in PSACEA educational environment. Conclusions. Ukraine, which is developing inseparably from worlddevelopment and world political and gender thought, is approaching gender parity. The share of working women withhigher education and scientific degrees in the total number of employed in Ukraine is one of the largest in the world30.4% (3rd place). At the same time, although there are fewer and fewer purely male and purely female professions inUkraine and the world today, there are some gender distortions. In the field of education, medicine, culture, economy,mostly women work, and in industrial and technical fields − most men. The gender audit in the PSACEA confirms thistrend in some faculties, including economics, where women predominate among both students and teachers, in contrastto technical faculties, where men predominate. Among doctors of sciences, professors, especially in exact sciences, menstill prevail. The analysis of the gender portrait of PSACEA as a whole shows the relative gender parity, both in thestudent environment and among the teaching staff, in the leading structural units. As we can see, Ukraine, as ademocratic state, is gradually introducing the idea of egalitarianism in all spheres and, in particular, in the system ofhigher education, which characterizes the level of democratization of the state.

scholarly journals Sustainability Practices of Higher Education Institutions in Hong Kong: A Case Study of a Sustainable Campus Consortium

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiyan Xiong ◽  
Ka Ho Mok
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
External Impact ◽  
Sustainability Practices

Eight University Grant Committee (UGC)-funded public universities in Hong Kong positively and successfully responded to the global call for sustainability efforts in higher education institutions (HEIs). Various initiatives are transpiring within these eight campuses. The Hong Kong Sustainable Campus Consortium (HKSCC) was co-established by eight UGC-funded universities, which is an excellent example of integrating resources and efforts to achieve sustainable development goals and exert positive social impacts. Through interviews with HKSCC administrators and members and reviewing relevant documents, this study aims to examine the roles and challenges of HKSCC toward Hong Kong HEIs’ sustainability efforts, and present the good practices and achievements of HKSCC. Findings of this study reveal that although HKSCC and each UGC-funded university contribute in reaching the sustainability goals, they should pay considerable attention to the external impact of sustainability practices on communities and society. Moreover, we propose that the sustainable development of public universities in Hong Kong should look beyond the narrowed definition of sustainable development and broaden their roles to exert a social impact by addressing the negative consequences of the massification, privatization, and internationalization of higher education.

Transforming University Curricula Towards Sustainability

2017 ◽  
pp. 805-827
Author(s):  
Vassilios Makrakis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Middle East ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainability In Higher Education ◽  
University Curricula ◽  
The University

The UNESCO Chair ICT in Education for Sustainable Development in cooperation with the RCE Crete (Regional Centre of Expertise) on Education for Sustainable Development responding to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD 2005-2014) took the initiative to establish a North-South Network for embedding sustainability in higher education institutions. A Consortium with 12 universities (six from Europe and six from Middle East) led by the UNESCO Chair and the RCE Crete at the University of Crete prepared a proposal submitted to the Tempus- European Commission programme for funding. The RUCAS (Reorient University Curricula to address Sustainability) project, studied in this chapter, has initiated various activities in the partner countries' institutions, which seem to exert significant curricular changes. The changes include the revision of courses, building the appropriate infrastructure, the development of an online community of practice and the RUCAS Toolkit that are being used as drivers for reorienting university curricula to address sustainability. As a result, a growing number of academics in the partner institutions are concerned with the current sustainability crisis and claim for a transformative shift in what they teach and how teaching is practiced.

scholarly journals Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education Institutions

SAGE Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824401667629 ◽  
Author(s):  
César Tapia-Fonllem ◽  
Blanca Fraijo-Sing ◽  
Víctor Corral-Verdugo ◽  
Anais Ortiz Valdez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Sustainable Lifestyles ◽  
Research Priority ◽  
Behavioral Variables ◽  
Sustainability In Higher Education ◽  
Senior Students

The role that higher education plays in the promotion of sustainable development outstands in the declarations on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), besides being a research priority in higher education. However, few studies exist that evaluate sustainable lifestyles among university students. The aim of this study was to analyze the mission and vision, processes and actions undertaken to promote sustainability in higher education institutions, and to compare the pro-sustainability orientation (PSO) reported by 360 students coursing first or last semesters at college. The study was intended to evaluate the influence that four higher education institutions in Sonora, Mexico, have on students’ PSO. Results of the study indicate that a coherent PSO factor emerges from the interrelations among pro-environmental dispositional and behavioral variables reported by students. However, university programs and actions do not produce statistically significant differences between freshmen and senior students. Possible reasons explaining the lack of positive influence of those universities on students’ PSO are discussed.

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