Higher education institutions management: the development of sustainability as an organizational strategy

Higher Education Institutions have played a distinct role in society: they are predisposed to be at the forefront of social change and to deal with problems. The objective of this work was to identify how sustainability has been developed in HEIs around the world, examining the evolution of manageme...

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Authors: Bedin, Érika Pena, de Faria, Luiz Carlos
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2021
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)
Repository:Revista de Gestão e Avaliação Educacional
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/65595
Online Access:http://periodicos.ufsm.br/regae/article/view/65595
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Sustainability
organizational strategy
university management.
Sustentabilidade
estratégia organizacional
gestão universitária.
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Summary:Higher Education Institutions have played a distinct role in society: they are predisposed to be at the forefront of social change and to deal with problems. The objective of this work was to identify how sustainability has been developed in HEIs around the world, examining the evolution of management in environmental issues and the promotion of social change. The results presented three periods of the global context of sustainability in the HEIs. The first encompassed the discovery phase, the second comprised the adaptation phase and, finally, the third epoch encompassed the implementation of sustainability. Understanding the development of sustainability in HEIs during these years was essential to identify the current state of the art and to map future paths in the area.