Strategic Partnership: Potential for Ensuring the University Sustainable Development

<p class="Keywords">The purpose of the article is to research the theoretical approaches to strategic partnerships of universities, analyse the current trends of partnership development of universities in the context of sustainable development, discuss the experience of the National...

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Main Authors: Tatiana Salimova, Natalya Vatolkina, Vasily Makolov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Technical University of Kosice 2014-07-01
Series:Kvalita Inovácia Prosperita
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Online Access:http://www.qip-journal.eu/index.php/QIP/article/view/320
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Summary:<p class="Keywords">The purpose of the article is to research the theoretical approaches to strategic partnerships of universities, analyse the current trends of partnership development of universities in the context of sustainable development, discuss the experience of the National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University in terms of strategic partnerships creation and define the new opportunities of developing the strategic partnerships.</p> <p class="Keywords">The methodology of the paper is based on comprehensive literature review in the sphere of university partnerships. The authors use a comparative method, analysis and summarizing aimed on defining the current trends and issues related to strategic partnership. There has been developed the partnership commitment chart of key stakeholders of universities to show current points and target points.</p> <p class="Keywords">The research findings are generalization of the strategic partnership theory with the focus on university activities in reference to sustainable development, clarification of current trends and issues of university strategic partnership, definition of further opportunities and methods in the area under consideration.</p> Under modern conditions it is extremely important to develop a strategic partnership in the sphere of higher education. Universities are open institutions and they need to be involved into different processes of economy and society development. Article’s significance is in a new view on strategic partnership in the context of sustainable development of universities.
ISSN:1335-1745
1338-984X