| Abstract [eng] |
Insightful researchers from all over the world examine the question how to implement principles of sustainability into the essence of all human activities. However reaching of long-term goals requires for fundamental changes and most of them will be technically, culturally and politically difficult. Universities as centres of innovations and learning must be in the very front of this development. Sustainable development is the current context in which higher education must focus its mission. The challenge of sustainable development is faced by universities in different manner beginning with the aim to act as environment-friendly company to formulation of principles and signing declarations while establishing totally new institutions or focusing current mission and management of the university on search of sustainability. All of this leads to conclusion that management of universities becomes one of the most important problems. Universities might find themselves in danger if they don’t adapt to changing environment and new challenges more rapidly. The above-mentioned facts prove importance and relevance of the selected topic “Implementation of sustainability concept for management of universities in Lithuania”. Institutions of higher education are responsible against society for use of public education means in pursuit of sustainable development. The first hypothesis: the fundamentals of sustainable development are not included in management of universities in Lithuania. The second hypothesis: university students in Lithuania do not have fundamental of sustainable development. Purpose of the paper: after review of sustainability concept, disclosure of how the principle of sustainability applies to education system, examination of theoretical aspects of institutions’ management, to perform empirical research of implementation of sustainability concept into management of universities in Lithuania and to accomplish comparative analysis with the practice of foreign universities and also to suggest framework for implementation of sustainability concept in management of Lithuanian universities. Object of the paper: sustainability concept. Subject of the paper: implementation of sustainability concept in management of the university. Investigation techniques – analysis of scientific literature, questionnaire interview. The following tasks were set for the paper: to describe principles of the sustainability concept; to discuss conception of sustainable development; to describe conception of sustainability concept in the context of education system; to review application of sustainability concept in the university; to define conception of institutions management; to discuss theoretical aspects of education system management; to perform research of implementation of sustainability concept in management of Lithuanian universities and to present comparative analysis with the practice of foreign universities; to create framework of sustainable university management. |
