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The Future Challenges in Higher Education Muhammad Sohail University of Applied Social Sciences Lithuania. Overview. Education in the 21 st century What will it mean to be educated in the 21 st century?
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The Future Challenges in Higher Education Muhammad Sohail University of Applied Social Sciences Lithuania
Overview • Education in the 21st century • What will it mean to be educated in the 21st century? • What kind of educational environment must we provide to support a 21st century education? • What will be the societal role of higher education in the 21st century and who will decide? • How do state policies, and state R&D priorities, shape the contemporary education?
Powerful Society Save environment walk- Source: Socme.org Human Rights- Source: blogs.bournmouth.ac.uk Arab spring Source: voiceeducation.org
C1: FUNDING OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS Greece students protest Source: Thenational.ae Students protest in London Source: British Broad casting
"We are failing to make the most of the talent available to us in Europe. Unless we change path, we will fall behind our global competitors. We need to widen access to higher education to the largest proportion of citizens possible, and it is vital that this objective is at the heart of our education goals.“ Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth C2: Changes in higher education budgets from 2009/10 to 2010/11
C3: DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES • ‘Brain drain’ or a ‘Brain gain’ • Demographic decline in the population of 18-34 year olds from 2010 to 2025 • significant decline in the supply of qualified graduates is to be avoided • Today, only 26% of the European workforce (aged 25-64) holds a degree. This compares with almost 41% in the US, 44% in Japan and 50% in Canada
Growth and decline 18-34 age group until 2025 Source: Eurostat
C4: Quality Vs Quantity University of Oxford lecture hall Tablet pc in hand Source: itecnews.net
C5: Technology Left up google plus, face book, twitter from blog.dlvr.it middle: skype right: wikipedia logo from wiki blog Left down classroom online from guangxiedu.net source: pocketnow.com
Let’s work together for these challenges Thank you!