Sustainability in Higher Education

Abstract

The educational approach to sustainability represents a concern initiated more than two decades ago and aims to form that mentality that ensures the understanding of values and motivations to act for this purpose now and in the future. In academic education, it is also important for students to understand and be aware of the concept of a sustainable university. The current work is based on documentary research and aims, on the one hand, to analyze the role of university education, especially the economic one, in the formation of a behavior that supports ensuring sustainability in their future activities, and on the other hand, to highlight the steps taken in this regard by the university education units at national or international level. In this sense, the concerns of some international organizations for supporting education for sustainable development (ESD),a lifelong learning process, part of quality education are also presented. In conclusion, the efforts of different actors must be continued in order to develop in universities all over the world educational programs to sustain a sustainable lifestyles and to promote methodological and pedagogical tools to be used.