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Sustainability in the Mission Statements of Argentine Higher Education Institutions ARIAS VALLE, MARIA BELEN Marimon, Frederic Sustainability Mission statements Higher education Argentine Sostenibilidad Declaraciones de misión Educación superior Argentina Sostenibilitat Declaracions de missió Educació superior 378 This study examines the integration of sustainability in the mission statements of Argentine Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Using a qualitative approach, the study analyzes both public and private universities through semiotic and discourse analysis. Results indicate that only 15% of HEIs explicitly mention sustainability in their missions, with significant differences between public and private institutions. Public HEIs often link sustainability to public service and social justice, while private universities focus on competitiveness and innovation. References to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are rare, appearing in only 2% of the statements. This suggests that sustainability integration is still nascent and needs to align more closely with the 2030 Agenda. The study concludes that there is a need to enhance coherence between stated missions and institutional practices to foster a more committed higher education system that advances sustainable development in Argentina. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2026 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Arias-Valle,María Belén y Marimon, Frederic. Sustainability in the Mission Statements of Argentine Higher Education Institutions. Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2025, 17(1), páginas 105-118. Disponible en <https://reference-global.com/download/article/10.2478/dcse-2026-0009.pdf>. Fecha de acceso: 30 mar. 2026. DOI: 10.2478/dcse-2026-0009 2255-7547 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12328/5281 https://doi.org/10.2478/dcse-2026-0009 eng Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education 17;1 This is an open access journal that provides free, immediate, and unrestricted online access to all its published content for readers around the world. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess 14 Daugavpils University