Do sustainability practices influence university quality? A Colombian case study

Purpose: This paper aims to know how university’s strategic managers, from botacademic and administrative systems, perceive the relationship between sustainability and accreditation as sustainability incorporation and the quality of their processes are amongst the actual challenges of universities....

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title Do sustainability practices influence university quality? A Colombian case study
spellingShingle Do sustainability practices influence university quality? A Colombian case study
Accreditation
Higher education
Quality
Sustainable development
University
title_short Do sustainability practices influence university quality? A Colombian case study
title_full Do sustainability practices influence university quality? A Colombian case study
title_fullStr Do sustainability practices influence university quality? A Colombian case study
title_full_unstemmed Do sustainability practices influence university quality? A Colombian case study
title_sort Do sustainability practices influence university quality? A Colombian case study
dc.subject.spa.fl_str_mv Accreditation
Higher education
Quality
Sustainable development
University
topic Accreditation
Higher education
Quality
Sustainable development
University
description Purpose: This paper aims to know how university’s strategic managers, from botacademic and administrative systems, perceive the relationship between sustainability and accreditation as sustainability incorporation and the quality of their processes are amongst the actual challenges of universities. Design/methodology/approach: This paper opted for an inductive, exploratory study using the case study approach, including 19 in-depth interviews to administrative and academic managers in a private, high-quality certified university in Colombia. The data were assessed using the content analysis methodology. The Colombian accreditation guidelines were the base to analyse the data as accreditation is part of the quality assurance system. Findings: This paper provides empirical insights into how the implementation of sustainability in universities relates to the Colombian accreditation factors. The main links found were in the areas of the university’s social impact and organisational responsibility, which are highly relevant to graduates, external stakeholders and sustainability skills. Sustainable campus operation was associated with environmental management and improvement of the quality of the physical plant, with social and economic benefits in the long-term. Additionally, this research found a need for administrative and academic managers to understand and increase their commitment to sustainability. Research limitations/implications: Because it was a case study, results are not generalisable. Consequently, further research on similar lines is required to universalise the mentioned observation and results. Practical implications: The accreditation factors related to sustainability, inductively defined and exposed in this paper, provide an idea of how sustainability implementation could contribute to higher education quality assurance. Originality/value: This paper contributes to filling the knowledge gap about embedding sustainability in Latin-American universities. This paper postulates a starting point considering accreditation standards and the link of the strategic manager’s perceptions of sustainability. © 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited.
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spelling 20202021-02-05T14:58:11Z2021-02-05T14:58:11Z14676370http://hdl.handle.net/11407/594410.1108/IJSHE-03-2020-0087Purpose: This paper aims to know how university’s strategic managers, from botacademic and administrative systems, perceive the relationship between sustainability and accreditation as sustainability incorporation and the quality of their processes are amongst the actual challenges of universities. Design/methodology/approach: This paper opted for an inductive, exploratory study using the case study approach, including 19 in-depth interviews to administrative and academic managers in a private, high-quality certified university in Colombia. The data were assessed using the content analysis methodology. The Colombian accreditation guidelines were the base to analyse the data as accreditation is part of the quality assurance system. Findings: This paper provides empirical insights into how the implementation of sustainability in universities relates to the Colombian accreditation factors. The main links found were in the areas of the university’s social impact and organisational responsibility, which are highly relevant to graduates, external stakeholders and sustainability skills. Sustainable campus operation was associated with environmental management and improvement of the quality of the physical plant, with social and economic benefits in the long-term. Additionally, this research found a need for administrative and academic managers to understand and increase their commitment to sustainability. Research limitations/implications: Because it was a case study, results are not generalisable. Consequently, further research on similar lines is required to universalise the mentioned observation and results. Practical implications: The accreditation factors related to sustainability, inductively defined and exposed in this paper, provide an idea of how sustainability implementation could contribute to higher education quality assurance. Originality/value: This paper contributes to filling the knowledge gap about embedding sustainability in Latin-American universities. This paper postulates a starting point considering accreditation standards and the link of the strategic manager’s perceptions of sustainability. © 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited.engEmerald Group Holdings Ltd.Administración de EmpresasFacultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativashttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85092724560&doi=10.1108%2fIJSHE-03-2020-0087&partnerID=40&md5=a9336c18d260b90ca82b268dbebb03f8(2017) STARS technical manual. Version 2.1. Administrative update three (2.1 ed.), , www.aashe.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/STARS-2.1-Technical-Manual-Administrative-Update-Three.pdfAleixo, A.M., Leal, S., Azeiteiro, U.M., Conceptualization of sustainable higher education institutions, roles, barriers, and challenges for sustainability: an exploratory study in Portugal (2018) Journal of Cleaner Production, 172, pp. 1664-1673Alghamdi, N., den Heijer, A., de Jonge, H., Assessment tools’ indicators for sustainability in universities: an analytical overview (2017) International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 18 (1), pp. 84-115Al-Obaidi, H., (2017) German and Saudi Arabian Higher Education Accreditation Systems, , New-institutionalist perspectives and vertical case studiesAmador, F., Oliveira, C.P., Integrating sustainability into the university: past, present, and future (2013) Sustainability Assessment Tools in Higher Education Institutions, pp. 65-78. , SpringerAmaral, L.P., Martins, N., Gouveia, J.B., Quest for a sustainable university: a review (2015) International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 16 (2), pp. 155-172Benayas, J., (2014) Proyecto RISU. 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Madrid, Universidad Autónoma de MadridBeringer, A., Adomßent, M., Sustainable university research and development: inspecting sustainability in higher education research (2008) Environmental Education Research, 14 (6), pp. 607-623Berzosa, A., Bernaldo, M., Fernández-Sánchez, G., Sustainability assessment tools for higher education: an empirical comparative analysis (2017) Journal of Cleaner Production, 161Biklen, S.K., (2007) Qualitative Research for Education: An Introduction to Theory and Methods, , 5th ed., Allyn and BaconBlanco-Portela, N., (2017) Análisis de impacto del proyecto RISU: un estudio desde las transformaciones y mejoras en las estructuras y dinámicas de las universidades latinoamericanas frente a la sostenibilidad, , EspañaBrundtland, G.H., (1987) Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future, , United Nations(2015) Acuerdo 03 de 2014. 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