Business Education Sustainability: Academicians' Perspective in an Emerging Economy

Dr. Manisha Gupta; Mrs. Reena Kovid; Dr. Himani Gupta

doi:https://doi.org/10.17492/jpi.manthan.v10i1.1012303

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Business Education Sustainability: Academicians' Perspective in an Emerging Economy

Manisha Gupta, Reena Kovid, Himani Gupta

Vol 10 , Issue 1 , January - June 2023 | Pages: 43-60 | Research Paper

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https://doi.org/10.17492/jpi.manthan.v10i1.1012303

Published Online: June 05, 2023

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1. Manisha Gupta, Associate professor, Management, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India (manisha.gupta1@sharda.ac.in)

2. Reena Kovid, Scholar, Management, Shobhit Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India (reenakovid@gmail.com)

3. Himani Gupta, Associate Professor, Management, Jagannath International Management School, Delhi, Delhi, India (himani.gupta@jagannath.org)

This paper explores factors that are primary attributes of educational sustainability. The first objective seeks to explain the meaning of sustainable education concerning higher education as per the knowledge of academicians in higher education from central, government, and private universities of Delhi. Second, the study focuses on exploring and identifying the best learning practices for a sustainable education system and its linkage with the three pillars of sustainability: economic, environmental, and social. The study used an exploratory research design involving an inductive content analysis. The responses collected through interview of 50 educators, were analyzed using NVivo to undertake word cloud, thematic and sentiment analysis. Results indicate that achieving educational sustainability will necessitate a reorganization of the curriculum to make it more research-based. Furthermore, the academicians stressed the importance of increasing technology-driven pedagogy and collaborative learning to provide seamless and lifetime learning opportunities. The study reports implications for a sustainable education system.

Keywords

Sustainable education; Education system in India; Thematic analysis; Sentiment analysis

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