Sustainable Development or Sustainability? The Role of Higher Education Eduardo Barros-GuErrEro Institute for Research in Education, Universidad Veracruzana Laura odiLa BELLo-BEnavidEs Institute for Research in Education, Universidad Veracruzana Abstract In different contexts, there is the idea that higher education, through an intricate system of institutions and organisations, pays for society in line with its own well-being. The environmental crisis of our time raises the need for higher education institutions (HEIs) to contribute to the sense of sustainability: sustainable development has gained wide ground in this regard, however, it is limited by different aspects. Sustainability implies a reformulation of the production and consumption models, and a transformation in the current structures, although many times this transformation represents a threat to the practices that have been perpetuated for several decades. EDUCATION OF ECONOMISTS AND MANAGERS Volume 63, Issue 1, January–March 2022 Received 30 September 2021; Revised 17 January 2022; Accepted 2 February 2022 DOI: 10.33119/EEIM.2022.63.4 Barros-Guerrero, E., Bello-Benavides, L.O. (2022). Sustainable Development or Sustainability? The Role of Higher Education. Education of Economists and Managers, 63 (1), 55–69. Retrieved from: https://econjournals.sgh.waw.pl/EEiM/article/view/2904