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Rethinking Higher Education Through Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A Russian Perspective

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This article aims at providing a 0.0 measurement and assessment of how Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Russia perceives the importance of their impact on society, education and various stakeholders. Based on and using The University Impact Rankings 2019 by Sustainable Development Goals: quality education methodology, the author is making a starting point in a comprehensive analysis to explore Plekhanov university impact rankings for individual SDGs. He starts with the SDG 4 (Quality Education) as it seems the most relevant measurement and assessment tool at the moment. The present study seeks to fill the gap in research regarding the manner of implementation at mentioned university regarding the SDG goals and describes how the objectives of internationalization processes are determined by the higher education regulations and policies inside the HEIs.

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  1. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Stremyannyy Pereulok 36, Moscow, Russia

    Roman Iskandaryan

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  1. Department of Production, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland

    Jussi Ilari Kantola

  2. Institute of Maritime Operations, University College of Southeast Norway, Borre, Norway

    Salman Nazir

  3. Häme University of Applied Sciences, Hämeenlinna, Finland

    Vesa Salminen

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Iskandaryan, R. (2020). Rethinking Higher Education Through Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A Russian Perspective. In: Kantola, J., Nazir, S., Salminen, V. (eds) Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership. AHFE 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1209. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50791-6_78

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