University social responsibility. an approach to contribute to development from higher education

Abstract

Ricardo Gaete Quezada, from the University of Chile, has carried out a survey of approaches on University Social Responsibility (RSU) that are prevalent today, which has allowed him to establish an analysis model on the subject. Gaete has established that on the basis of the contents and the way in which the RSU is assumed can be located in three different perspectives or approaches: First, the normative from which the RSU is understood as the «Development of value frameworks from the university as a normative axis to make what is correct in life in society, through the establishment of national or global university networks around social responsibility. ”1 Second, the manager or director in whom USR is understood as a posture of concern for analyzing the impact of work university students in society, above all, through the rendering of accounts of their actions and decisions towards their stakeholders. Third, the transformational approach of USR that leads the contributions and reflections to achieve a better, more equitable and just society with special attention to sustainable development, where the university is the institution capable of showing which are the best ways to build a better society.