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The Future Challenges in Higher Education
Muhammad SohailUniversity of Applied Social Sciences Lithuania
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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?
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Powerful Society
Human Rights-
Source: blogs.bournmouth.ac.uk
Save environment walk-
Source: Socme.orgArab spring
Source: voiceeducation.org
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C1: FUNDING OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Students protest in London
Source: British Broad casting
Greece students protest
Source: Thenational.ae
Source: Eurydice
C2: Changes in higher education budgets from 2009/10 to 2010/11
"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
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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
7Source: Eurostat
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C4: Quality Vs Quantity
University of Oxford lecture hall
Tablet pc in handSource: itecnews.net
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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
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Let’s work together for these challengesThank you!