Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma için Yüksek öğretim Politika ve Stratejileri

Son yıllarda "sürdürülebilir kalkınma ilkeleri" ülkelerin gündeminde giderek ön plana çıkmakta ve gerek Avrupa Birliği ve ABD'de gerekse uluslararası arenada politika yapıcıların önem verdiği temel prensip olarak yeralmaktadır. Sürdürülebilir kalkınmayı sağlamada eğitim, özellikle de yükseköğretim kuruluşları kritik bir rol üstlenmektedir. Konunun önemiBM'in 2005-2014 yıllarını "Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma İçin Eğitim On Yılı" olarak ilan etmesinden de anlaşılmaktadır. Ancak, Talloires Deklarasyonu'na 50 ülkeden 440 yükseköğretim kuruluşu tarafından imza atılmışolmasına rağmen, Türkiye'den bu deklarasyonda imzası olan tek üniversite ise Ankara Üniversitesi'dir. Aynı deklarasyonda ABD'den 160'ın üzerinde üniversitenin imzası bulunmaktadır. Yükseköğretim politika yapıcılarının dikkatini konuya çekmek için, bu çalışma ilk etapta konuyla ilgilibazı öneriler geliştirmektedir. Dolayısıyla, bu kavramsal araştırmanın anaamacı, öncelikle "sürdürülebilir kalkınma için yükseköğretim" kavramının tanımını yapmak, önemini vurgulamak ve tüm Dünya'dan uygulamaörnekleri sunmaktır. Bunların yanı sıra bu çalışmada, sürdürülebilir kalkınma ilkelerinin üniversite faaliyetlerine ve yaşamına nasıl entegre edilebileceği üzerinde de durulmaktadır. Ayrıca, Türkiye'de sürdürülebilirkalkınma için yükseköğretimde başlangıç aşamasında neler yapılması konusunda bir takım öneriler sunulmaktadır

Higher education policy and strategies for sustainable development

In recent years, “the principles of sustainable development” have become inthe forefront of the agenda of the countries; and it has been the basic principle of policy makers both in European Union and USA, and as well as inthe international arena. While achieving sustainable development, education -particularly higher education institutions- play a pivotal role. Theimportance of the topic can be understood from the declaration of UN,which announced the years of 2005-2014 as the Decade of Education forSustainable Development. Nevertheless, even though more than 440 higher education institutions from 50 countries have signed TalloiresDeclaration, it is only Ankara University from Turkey which signed the declaration for University Leaders for a Sustainable Future-ULSF. Yet, 160universities from USA have signed the declaration. Hence in order to attractthe attention of the higher education policy makers to the topic, this studywill provide preliminary suggestions. Therefore, the essential purpose ofthis conceptual research is to clarify the definition of “higher education forsustainable development”, emphasize its importance, and present implementation examples from the world. Besides, the integration of sustainabledevelopment principles to the activities of the universities will also be examined within the scope of this study. Furthermore, some initial suggestionsfor the Turkish higher education are provided in order to maintain sustainable development

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