4 trends that will shape the future of higher education
Feb 7, 2022 · However, if we look closely, these measures do not address the real problems facing higher education. In most countries, higher education is inaccessible to the socio-economically underprivileged, certifies knowledge rather than nurtures learning, and focuses on easily-outdated knowledge. In brief, it is failing on both counts of quality and ...
How online learning could revolutionize higher education
Jun 30, 2022 · Then COVID-19 forced higher education institutions (HEI) to move to digital distance learning all over the world. According to UNESCO, 194 countries and regions temporarily closed their educational institutions due to the pandemic, …
Tertiary Education Overview - World Bank Group
Apr 9, 2024 · The tertiary education portfolio represents approximately 25% of the total WBG investment in education. Tanzania: The Higher Education for Economic Transformation project aims to strengthen the learning environment, ensure greater alignment of priority degree programs to labor market needs, and improve the management of the higher education ...
The 4 biggest challenges to our higher education model – and …
Dec 20, 2019 · As such, the education landscape is bound to change significantly in the next decades as new actors shake up conventional higher education and life-long learning models. Fast-growing innovators in educational technologies and education industry outsiders are already challenging the status quo by structurally undermining the long-established ...
Education Overview: Development news, research, data | World Bank
Mar 25, 2024 · Education is fundamental to development and growth. From encouraging higher enrollment, especially for girls and other disadvantaged children, to promoting learning for all, the World Bank Group plays a significant role in education globally.
India's universities lead in sustainable development: What's driving ...
Aug 5, 2024 · India joined 2,152 higher education institutions from 125 countries willing to stand up and be counted for their commitment to help deliver the UN goals. Of the Indian participants, many stand out as world-leading when scrutinized against the demanding global benchmarks—particularly in areas vital to India’s wider social and economic goals.
Education: Development news, research, data | World Bank
Education is a human right, a powerful driver of development, and one of the strongest instruments for reducing poverty and improving health, gender equality, peace, and stability. It delivers large, consistent returns in terms of income, and is the most important factor to ensure equity and inclusion.
Governance and Adaptation to Innovative Modes of Higher …
Dec 22, 2016 · For example, new technologies mean that higher education institutions can make their courses available all over the world. This report examines innovative modes of higher education provision, as well as ways in which the management and governance of higher education are changing in support of innovations.
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education - RAND …
Aug 22, 2013 · The odds of obtaining employment post-release among inmates who participated in correctional education was 13 percent higher than the odds for those who did not participate in correctional education. Inmates exposed to computer-assisted instruction learned slightly more in reading and substantially more in math in the same amount of ...
Higher Education Programs in Prison - RAND Corporation
Aug 28, 2019 · Having a college education is necessary to compete for many jobs, and the stakes for ex-offenders are higher than for others. This Perspective summarizes research on the effectiveness of educational programs in reducing recidivism and lessons learned from one state's experience in providing college programs to incarcerated individuals.