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Report. The Future of Higher Education. A Report with Mobile World Capital for UNESCO
The Future of Higher Education, created by EDT&Partners with Mobile World Capital for the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022
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We presented a report on the Future of Higher Education in collaboration with Mobile World Capital at the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022. You can read the introduction to the report here and download the full report below.
Uncover the Future of Higher Education with our report The Future of Higher Education. In partnership with the Mobile World Capital, we presented our findings at the 2022 UNESCO World Higher Education Conference. As higher education evolves at an unprecedented pace, it’s crucial to stay ahead of the curve. To find out what the future of higher ed looks like, download the full report below.
A Brief Introduction to the Report
The Seven Pillars of the Future of Higher Education
As we enter the third decade of the 21st century, the world has become more complex and more interconnected. The abundance of knowledge and the scarcity of known paths for solutions to a different set of challenges will drive existing models of Higher Education (hereafter HE) towards an accelerated and permanent transformation by introducing greater flexibility, innovative learning and teaching methods, alongside new forms of credentialism and the imperative need to nurture a broader ecosystem.
Innovation is a much more fragmented and varied endeavor today than ever before. As a consequence of falling barriers, more young companies in unsuspected places are pursuing many new avenues of invention, and a number of these involve new technological advances. Deep technologies — innovations based on scientific research — will be a key part of the answer to many of today’s global challenges. Solving the global challenges of this century — and driving local economic success — depends on the prompt and effective commercialization of new technologies.
To accomplish these goals, government, industry, community, educational institutions, investors and entrepreneurs will have to collaborate closer together to build solutions and enter into the market quickly and at scale.
In 2021, according to the data provided by the International Association of Universities, there were approximately 20,000 universities globally. Every institution is immersed in a more global, diversified and complex environment. For learners and their families, learning choices become harder as the criteria for relevance and competitive advantages become increasingly more personal and contextual. The selection of paths to (and the weight of) potential returns will not conform to the traditional values of benchmarks among options.
Scope of this Document
This document is the result of an extensive research process, coupled with the application of the methodology of futures design and complemented by the insights, ideas, references and reviews of a global set of recognized minds from the diversified Higher Education (HE) space and beyond.
Its aim is to provoke reflection and propose new thinking processes around established and original ideas, identify reference practices, technologies to watch and trends that cast light on what HE could become in 2030. It is more an exercise of imagination than documentation — the future resides first in imagination, then in will, and finally becomes a reality!
The proposed framework and content shall help Global Higher Education Institutions (HEI), Governments, NGOs, parents, students, teachers and enterprises to engage in broader conversations that last for a number of years, as well as to imagine additional scenarios and develop possible routes toward preferred outcomes.
It is not intended to be a conclusive set of recommendations, but rather to act as a lighthouse, engage with different narratives, build a movement towards a vision that is both compelling and achievable, begin breaking up barriers and boundaries and become a catalyst for change.
We created this document at a level where every institution may benefit from its content, where alternative paths may be pursued based on the directions proposed, and where each initiative may have different levels of application. A vision that also welcomes dissenting voices and ideas that can contribute by adding diverse paradigms that address broader issues.
Thinking about the future is a fundamental requirement for strategic planning (never more pertinent than in times of chaos and uncertainty). Yes, the future is not singular, it is impossible to predict, but collaborative scenarios around possible and plausible futures shall become part of every plan going forward.
Knowing that many valuable efforts already exist around the topic of the Future of Universities, we tried to add a new dimension to the conversation by reshaping ideas, bringing global voices and proposing a path for collective construction.
To keep reading, please download the report.
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