Quality Management of Higher Education as a Roadmap for Sustainable Development, Egypt as a Case Study

At the home of one of the oldest civilization on the planet, Egypt concern much about higher education (HE) and its consequences on sustainable development comes as no surprise. In Egypt like other developing countries in the world, universities and other higher education institutions view their role as increasingly central to national economies, being the source of educated and trained personnel for national sustainable development. Higher Education is also a significant industry in its own right. Developed and developing nations alike have been examining most successful ways to heed calls for improved and relevant provision of higher education – of course, the calls faced by some challenges include changes imposed by the forces of globalization and internationalization, rapid technological innovation, access and equity concerns and the changing nature of the marketplace of higher education. Today, higher education is being redesigned in terms of how to prepare people for life: for job security; for the demands of a rapidly changing society; and for technological changes. Numerous aspects of higher education for sustainable development (HESD) are already taught but there is a general lack of Coherence and innovation. Sustainable development includes meeting the needs of present and future generations for goods and services in ways that are economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. So, in higher education, greater emphasis is being placed on innovation, improving the quality of teaching and learning, the measurement of performance and learning outcomes, access and regional competitiveness. Quality Management programme in Higher Education (QMHE) brings together higher education institutions and governments to share best practices, ideas and potential models to meet these challenges through networks, studies and research. . The present communication discusses three major roles of high quality of higher education institutions in Egypt in terms of achieving sustainable development, these are: Promotion of research, qualified and well trained teacher and creating a qualified leadership for the nation.