A Few Landmarks Regarding the Promotion of Cultural Diversity in Higher Education in the Context of a Sustainable Regional Development
A Few Landmarks Regarding the Promotion of Cultural Diversity in Higher Education in the Context of a Sustainable Regional Development

Author(s): Nadia Laura Serdenciuc
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Editura Lumen, Asociatia Lumen
Keywords: University; regional development; sustainable development; cultural diversity promotion; internationalization
Summary/Abstract: The university mission, redefined in accordance with social and economic dynamics in contemporary society is a proof that educational institutions are buiding a responsible behavior, generated by their status as key- actors in the context of regional and local development. The awareness of a valuable cultural diversity capital is added to this increased institutional involvment, determining a few strategies for sustaining cultural pluralism: multiple forms of academic cooperation and international research, integration of the international dimension in the curriculum, the mobility scheme optimization, the promotion of intercultural dialogue and active citizenship. The presence of cultural diversity as reality in regional area changes, in a specific manner, the relation between education and development, in the spirit of exercising the regional character of the university mission, emphasizing on the promotion of cultural diversity as part of educational policies for a sustainable development.

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