An Interdisciplinary Approach Towards Sustainable Governance of Universities: the Case of Lithuania

• Autorzy: Dainora Grundey

Warianty tytułu

Interdyscyplinarne podejście do zrównoważonego zarządzania uniwersytetami: przypadek Litwy

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

Poniższy artykuł przedstawia pojęcie zrównoważonego rozwoju w interdyscyplinarnym kontekście poprzez wykorzystanie zasad zrównoważonego rozwoju przyjętych w systemie edukacji oraz zaprezentowanie wyników badań ankietowych przeprowadzonych w latach 2006- 2007 na litewskich uniwersytetach. Zbadano studentów oraz wykładowców akademickich w celu określenia wpływu analizowanej dyscypliny oraz zasad zrównoważonego rozwoju jako elementów codziennego życia uniwersyteckiego, programów zajęć oraz zarządzania uczelniami wyższymi.(abstrakt oryginalny)

EN

This article presents the concept of sustainability in an interdisciplinary context by adapting the principles of sustainability adopted in the education system and presenting some evidence from Lithuanian universities based on a survey conducted in 2006-2007. Students and university lecturers were surveyed, in order to define the impact of the discipline and principles of sustainability as imbedded in the daily life of a university, its curricula and university governance.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

PL

Rozwój zrównoważony; Zarządzanie organizacją publiczną; Szkolnictwo wyższe

EN

Sustainable development; Management of public organization; Higher education

• Czasopismo: Economic and Environmental Studies
• Rocznik: 2009
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 31-45

Twórcy

autor

Dainora Grundey

• Vilnius University, Lithuania

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