Higher Education and Global Changes: a reflection on the role of technologies

In preparation for the International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Nagoya 9 November 2014, and the UNESCO World Conference on ESD, Nagoya, Japan, 10-12 November 2014, IAU prepared a special issue of IAU Horizons on The role of higher education in the post 2015 Development Agenda. Download Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.
Higher Education and Global Changes: a reflection on the role of technologies - by Nadia Paola Mireles Torres
There is no doubt that education is critical to poverty reduction, wealth creation and developing the knowledge economy. Neither is there a doubt that education should be a development priority. Education should be seen as a continuum going from primary, secondary to higher levels of learning. However, it appears that in the past decade Higher Education (HE) has come to be seen as a key factor and policy priority for national governments seeking to promote economic and social development. More students than ever before are enrolled in some type of tertiary education indeed there are now around 200 million tertiary education students worldwide, in comparison with only 89 million in 1998. An increase of 124% in 15 years (Marmolejo, 2013). More in Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.