Sustentabilidade aplicada às universidades públicas: um estudo de caso aplicado no Centro de Ciências Jurídicas e Sociais.

Abstract

Nature has reached very high levels of exploitation in the last two centuries. in time of greatest environmental crisis of our era, universities have sought to train professionals and citizens aware and prepared to understand, manage and present solutions for this environmental crisis. Higher Education Institutions are, in principle, trainers of professionals and citizens for all communities, having the historic role of transmission of scientific knowledge and, to a large extent, of its own production. O This article had the general objective of evaluating the set of sustainable practices applied at the Center for Legal and Social Sciences (CCJS) from the managers' point of view. THE research was configured as exploratory and descriptive, adopting the CCJS as Universe, being composed of the courses of Administration, Accounting Sciences, Law and Social Work. As methodological source, the research applied the MAIS method, through questionnaires applied with the coordinators of the four courses. As main results, the article pointed out that the Center has a great social insertion in its region and develops projects sustainable, but it still does not have an integrated policy in its strategic or institutional development, needing to restructure the policies articulated by the axes sustainability, environmental education and the environment. In conclusion, the study showed that there is an imbalance between the courses in dealing with the subject and that the university presents signs of interest in the subject, but it is not yet a reality in the institution.