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India, education’s ROI and future-ready grads: a conversation with Shitij Kapur

The PIE News

As India’s higher education landscape evolves, Kapur is considering what young Indians are looking for whether that’s from the Indian or British higher education system. “There are now terrific Indian universities newly in the private sector.

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For Dean Pervis Evans, student perspective is essential to strengthen and diversify teaching workforce

Deans for Impact

Just as much as they are, he’s attending as an enrolled student, completing assignments and participating in discussions – and, he also happens to be the community college’s Dean of Liberal Arts and Education.

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Higher Education is Indeed a Business, the Business of Student Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Furthermore, I believe that state funding models must be adequately assessed and re-designed to properly fund and ensure a viable future for tomorrow’s youth and working adults to have the educational systems present to address the country’s workforce needs – if higher education is indeed a public good.

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Study: Age As Aspect of Identity Not Prioritized by University DEI Offices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Increases in life expectancy call for educational systems to change orientation toward age and the longer life course,” the report read. “As As people are living and working longer, the need for on-going education and training grows.

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This startup trailblazer believes these 5 trends will shape the future of education

University Business

“An education system built for the Industrial Revolution is not going to get it done and has frankly outstayed its welcome.” ” AI is no longer a foe—it’s an ally Venture capital in artificial intelligence is in the ballpark of $100 billion, Forbes reports.

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3 Questions About Georgetown University’s New Bachelor Completion Degree on Coursera

Inside Higher Ed

It is incumbent upon us to address the need to meet this population of students where they are by changing the delivery model, cost and price structure, and to continue to evolve the curriculum to include both a core of liberal arts courses with professionally oriented concentrations.

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Does College Need to Be 4 Years?

Inside Higher Ed

Favor an even more stratified (or varied) postsecondary educational system where only a small segment of the population earns a genuine college degree. and continental European model, in which the liberal arts portion of a college education takes place in high school. Want an approach closer to the U.K.

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