Student’s perception of sustainable university – on the example of Bialystok University of Technology

• Autorzy: Kobylińska, Urszula , Goñi, Garcia , Rollnik-Sadowska, Ewa , Szpilko, Danuta , Szydło, Joanna , Grabowska, Paulina

Warianty tytułu

PL

Postrzeganie przez studentów zrównoważonej uczelni – na przykładzie Politechniki Białostockiej

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Measuring university sustainability is an important tool for assessing and monitoring progress towards more sustainable practices and outcomes at Higher Education Institutions (HEI). This article contributes to the development of research based on stakeholders theory in universities (Miller et al., 2014), taking into account the perception of the main group of university stakeholders, i.e. students, towards sustainable university. The research objective is to empirically verify perceptions and compare the level of implementation of the sustainable university concept among students of Bialystok University of Technology. In the theoretical part, a systematic literature review was conducted. The most frequent keywords related to the topic of sustainable university were also extracted as a part of the bibliometric analysis using the VOSviewer software. In the empirical part, descriptive statistics and difference tests (U-Man Whitney) were used to identify statistically significant differences between different groups of students in terms of perception of the sustainable university concept. In light of the research conducted, it can be concluded that Bialystok University of Technology is making efforts in various areas of sustainable development. However, there are specific areas where improvements can be made, such as enhancing awareness among students about the university's sustainable development strategy, promoting critical thinking, and addressing uncertainties about certain campus activities and management policies. In the article, a new scale was developed to examine students' perceptions of a sustainable university. It includes 30 items, is based on the areas of sustainable development of universities discussed in previous studies, and takes into account new criteria, in particular, those related to ESG factors.

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Pomiar zrównoważonego rozwoju uczelni jest ważnym narzędziem oceny i monitorowania postępów w kierunku zrównoważonych praktyk i wyników w instytucjach szkolnictwa wyższego (HEI). Artykuł ten przyczynia się do rozwoju badań opartych na teorii interesariuszy (Miller i in., 2014), uwzględniając postrzeganie głównej grupy interesariuszy uczelni, czyli studentów, w temacie uczelni zrównoważonej. Celem badań jest empiryczna weryfikacja postrzegania poziomu realizacji koncepcji zrównoważonej uczelni wśród studentów Politechniki Białostockiej. W części teoretycznej przeprowadzono systematyczny przegląd literatury. W ramach analizy bibliometrycznej za pomocą programu VOSviewer wyodrębniono także najczęstsze słowa kluczowe związane z tematyką zrównoważonego uniwersytetu. W części empirycznej wykorzystano statystyki opisowe i testy różnic (U-Man Whitney), aby zidentyfikować istotne statystycznie różnice pomiędzy różnymi grupami studentów w zakresie postrzegania tej koncepcji. W świetle przeprowadzonych badań można stwierdzić, że Politechnika Białostocka podejmuje wysiłki w różnych obszarach zrównoważonego rozwoju. Istnieją jednak określone obszary, w których można wprowadzić ulepszenia, takie jak zwiększanie świadomości studentów na temat strategii zrównoważonego rozwoju uniwersytetu, promowanie krytycznego myślenia i eliminowanie niepewności co do niektórych działań kampusu i zasad zarządzania. W artykule opracowano nową skalę do badania postrzegania przez studentów zrównoważonego uniwersytetu. Zawiera ona 30 pozycji i opiera się na omówionych we wcześniejszych opracowaniach obszarach zrównoważonego rozwoju uczelni oraz uwzględnia nowe kryteria, w szczególności związane z czynnikami ESG.

Słowa kluczowe

PL

zrównoważony uniwersytet; percepcja studenta; ocena zrównoważonego rozwoju; ESG

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sustainable university; student’s perception; university; sustainability assessment; ESG

• Czasopismo: Economics and Environment
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: No. 2
• Strony: art. no. 837
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 39 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Kobylińska, Urszula

• Bialystok University of Technology, Tarasiuka Street 2, 16-001 Kleosin, Poland,

autor

Goñi, Garcia

• Universidad Complutense de Madrid

autor

Rollnik-Sadowska, Ewa

• Bialystok University of Technology, Tarasiuka Street 2, 16-001 Kleosin, Poland

autor

Szpilko, Danuta

• Bialystok University of Technology, Tarasiuka Street 2, 16-001 Kleosin, Poland

autor

Szydło, Joanna

• Bialystok University of Technology, Tarasiuka Street 2, 16-001 Kleosin, Poland

autor

Grabowska, Paulina

• Bialystok University of Technology

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DOI

10.34659/eis.2024.89.2.837