<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present paper is a literature and experience summary about contradictions existing in higher education, nowadays. Thus, it is important to understand the underlying reasons and historical background to find ability to move towards higher education system for sustainability. Seven main contradiction groups have been distinguished and an overview is given in the article. The analysis is more focused on a situation in Latvia and the post-soviet space since the authors are well acquainted with the system. The main future research object is university mission, since from the mission statement analysis it has been found that low rated universities lack the distinction between education and training, having bigger stress on training, and that is growing into future problems and this situation interferes with the sustainable education goal.</p></abstract>

The present paper is a literature and experience summary about contradictions existing in higher education, nowadays. Thus, it is important to understand the underlying reasons and historical background to find ability to move towards higher education system for sustainability. Seven main contradiction groups have been distinguished and an overview is given in the article. The analysis is more focused on a situation in Latvia and the post-soviet space since the authors are well acquainted with the system. The main future research object is university mission, since from the mission statement analysis it has been found that low rated universities lack the distinction between education and training, having bigger stress on training, and that is growing into future problems and this situation interferes with the sustainable education goal.

Contradictions in Higher Education

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

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The present paper is a literature and experience summary about contradictions existing in higher education, nowadays. Thus, it is important to understand the...

Contradictions in Higher Education

Publicado en línea: 26 jun 2018

Páginas: 124 - 144

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2018-0008

Palabras clave
contradictions in higher education, conflicts in higher education, sustainable development, problems in university, university mission

© 2018 Laura Dzelzkalēja et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Contradictions in Higher Education

Publicado en línea: 26 jun 2018

Páginas: 124 - 144

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2018-0008

Palabras clavecontradictions in higher education, conflicts in higher education, sustainable development, problems in university, university mission

© 2018 Laura Dzelzkalēja et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
contradictions in higher education, conflicts in higher education, sustainable development, problems in university, university mission