Investigating the relationship between Higher education and sustainable development (A Case Study of Professors of Governmental Universities)

This study aims to explore the relationship between the higher education and sustainable development in governmental universities of Afghanistan. This study intends to provide light on the significance of higher education and the ways in which it can support sustainable development. The research used quantitative research methodology and the data came from 349 professors of the governmental universities of Afghanistan through a five-point Likert scale online questionnaire, and was analyzed by SPSS program. Cronbach's alpha was found 0.881 which it shows a strong reliability of the instrument. Also, the validity of the questionnaire has been confirmed by a number of experts in the field of economics. Hypotheses was developed and were tested through Spearman's rho correlation to determine the relationship between the variables. The finding exhibited that higher education has a positive and significant impact on sustainable development as much as 0.543. The research results show that research has the greatest effect of 0.482 and training has the least effect of 0.423 on sustainable development.