Education for Sustainable Development – An Evaluation of Students’ Perceptions within the Bucharest University of Economic Studie

A Comparative Analysis of the Use of the Concept of Sustainability in the Romanian Top Universities’ Strategic Plans

“…The quantitative analysis has shown a growth in the number of occurrences, Bucharest University of Economic Studies having the highest frequency (36%), whereas Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi the lowest (1%). The comparison between periods has shown a significant growth in the case Bucharest University of Economic Studies, which is highly interested in sustainability, as indicated by other studies [63][64][65][66]. Politehnica University of Timişoara and Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi have used the concept fewer times than previously, whereas Babes , -Bolyai University kept its low interest.…”

“…The relation between sustainability and quality teaching has been kept. All in all, the strategic plan is aligned to the university's interest in sustainability, which has also been indicated by the studies carried out and discussed in the literature review [63][64][65][66].…”

“…Unexpectedly, however, students are ready to embrace on-campus optional actions and not compulsory ones [63]. Within the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, research has also been conducted to identify students' perceptions regarding the education for sustainable development received during their university studies, which is, however, considered to be "at an early stage" [64] (p. 346). Moreover, the students at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies as well as the representatives of the Alumni Association of the aforementioned university have been asked to express their opinion on the vectors that contribute to the creation of a sustainable university in the field of business and economy [65].…”

Knowledge Management in Entrepreneurship Education as the Basis for Creative Business Development

“…The study is built around the strategies in the context of knowledge management that is able to boost leaner creativeness, generate interest in knowledge, lay focus on education with creative component for sustainable business development, and set goals and achieve them [14,34]. The study focuses on the psychological and psycho-emotional peculiarities of world perception by Gen Y and Z to link motivational principles and stimulators with their outlook and demands.…”

“…The level of creativity of skilled workforce and entrepreneurs directly impacts speed and flexibility of the knowledge management process, and the educational standards of a society have the most significant impact on promoting sustainable development [12,13]. Quality business and entrepreneurship education aims not only to provide inclusive and equitable education, but also to promote learning opportunities for further application within the framework of company knowledge management [14]. The voluminous summing up of the results of 12 years of research on the impact of entrepreneurship education in higher education has shown that most learning models are focused on short-term and subjective outcome measures [15].…”