The Role of Universities in Promoting a Culture of Tolerance: An Empirical Study among University Students in Jordan
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This paper looks into how institutions of higher learning can facilitate sustainable development, especially in the culture of environmental sustainability among the university students. Sustainable development has been a significant issue in the world in the recent years owing to the growing environmental issues such as the climate change, depletion of resources and environmental degradation. In this case, the centre stage of creating awareness, defining values, and promoting environmental responsibility behaviour among students is expected to be played by the higher institutions of learning. The research paper assumed a descriptive survey research design and developed a structured questionnaire to sample 30 male and female students of the Faculty of Arts at Yarmouk University in the academic year 20232024. The tool was used to assess the level of awareness of the students on sustainability of the environment, the university response to the culture of sustainability, and the perceived barriers to the spread of the sustainability culture. The analysis of data was conducted in the framework of descriptive statistics, that is, means, standard deviations, frequencies and percentages. The results show that the environmental awareness of sustainability is relatively high among the students. The findings also reveal that the university has a great role of disseminating sustainability culture using educational materials, sensitization efforts and institutional reinforcement. Nevertheless, a number of barriers were observed, such as the insufficient integration of environmental concerns into the academic programs, as well as a low level of student participation in the programmes regarding sustainability. The paper concludes that institutions of higher learning play a great role in fostering sustainable development yet their input can be enhanced by reforming the curriculum, offering more awareness programmes and participation of more students in environmental practices.
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