How Do Students Assess the Sustainability of Their University? A Comparison between Dutch and Romanian Students from Business Schools
This article is exploratory in its essence and aims to analyse the sustainability of universities in the case of three higher education institutions: one university from the Netherlands and two universities from Romania. The main focus is on the awareness of the sustainable university concept amo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Editura ASE
2020-05-01
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| Series: | Amfiteatru Economic |
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| Online Access: | https://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_2901.pdf |
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| Summary: | This article is exploratory in its essence and aims to analyse the sustainability of
universities in the case of three higher education institutions: one university from the
Netherlands and two universities from Romania. The main focus is on the awareness of the
sustainable university concept among students and on the perception students have about
their university: do they consider their university as being a sustainable one? Why? Do they
consider they are educated to act as future sustainable business persons? There is a growing
interest in researching students’ perceptions on the sustainability of universities. Students
are the key stakeholders; they represent the future business people, employees, managers or
entrepreneurs, responsible for sustainable development. Therefore, universities have to
build a “sustainable mindset” for their graduates. This research related to students’ perception on sustainable university has two phases. The
first one involved a secondary data analysis, based on the online information provided by
the universities, in order to assess the sustainability of these universities considering the
adapted Deming spiral (planning, operating, reporting and innovating). The second phase
involved a qualitative research among students from these three universities, based on focus
groups, about the awareness of the sustainable university concept, how they perceive their
university from the sustainability point of view and how prepared they consider to be to act
as future sustainable persons. Comparisons between universities are performed. The
conclusions discuss possible solutions for universities to become more sustainable, and
good practices that can be shared among universities are identified. |
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| ISSN: | 1582-9146 2247-9104 |