The purpose of this research is to develop a theoretical framework of sustainable leadership which could be used to evaluate Syrian higher private education applying sustainable leadership practices with in its management of its faculties from its academic staff perspective. This sustainability includes building capacity, diversity, conservation, strategic distribution, building long term objective and innovation practices that used as basis during the questioner design. The sample was from Arab International University (AIU) as a preliminary search. This research is with descriptive purpose, positivism philosophy, deduction method survey strategy and questionnaire to collection primary data. Cronbach alpha reliability test shows good internal consistency and significance. Higher private education institutions are investigated in this research study selecting a convenience sample from AIU university as a sample representing the universities of the private sector. Descriptive analysis according to the mean of AIU academic staff answer shows that the university should working on provides capacity building through work shadowing, provides all employees with the opportunities to work in other departments inside the company, solicit ideas from all levels of the organization to generate engagement and business results, depend on its employees for decision making and strategic planning, enabling all staff to contribute to creating synergy between the long-term objectives of the organization and the short-term targets imposed by funding agencies and encouraging the workers to invent new and different practices and products. The research paper emphasizes the significance of sustainable leadership practices including building capacity, diversity, conservation, strategic distribution, building long term objective and innovation practices in higher private education industry in private universities.
