Higher Education Governance in Libya Towards a Flexible Legal Framework for Enhancing Sustainability and innovation

Abstract

This research aims to study the governance of university education within Libya, the suitability current university- related legislation, and ways to develop it to achieve the goals of sustainability and innovation in higher education. The study relied on a comparative analytical approach and concluded that current legislation related to higher education is characterized by rigidity, suffers from weak institutional autonomy, excessive centralization, and a lack of alignment of educational policies with sustainability and innovation. The research concludes that a new law must be issued or current laws amended to build a flexible legislative system that is in accordance with the principles of good governance and grants higher education institutions independence to develop universities, link them to the labor market and scientific research, and achieve sustainable development goals in Libya.