# 8 global trends impacting higher education

**URL:** <https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/8-global-trends-impacting-higher-education/224>\
**Category:** Academia\
**Tags:** igdore, higher-education, university\
**Created:** [June 4, 2019, 11:02am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/8-global-trends-impacting-higher-education/224 "2019-06-04T11:02:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 11:02am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/8-global-trends-impacting-higher-education/224/1 "2019-06-04T11:02:42Z")

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> **[8 global trends impacting higher ed](https://www.educationdive.com/news/8-global-trends-impacting-higher-ed/515272/)**
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> Tightening immigration rules, increasing automation and rising college enrollment internationally are among the external forces U.S. colleges face.

A summary of the 8 trends:

1. Labor market shifts and the rise of automation
2. Economic shifts and moves toward emerging markets
3. Growing disconnect between employer demands and college experience
4. The growth in urbanization and a shift toward cities
5. Restricted immigration policies and student mobility
6. Lack of supply but growth in demand
7. The rise in non-traditional students
8. Dwindling budgets for institutions

Below what I personally find most interesting for the development of [IGDORE](https://igdore.org/) (ping @jo.havemann, @antonio.schettino, @dbernt, @Enrico.Fucci):

**Restricted immigration policies and student mobility**  
_“the rise in anti-immigration policies, coupled with the need for increased enrollment, means institutions will have to find new ways of attracting international students”_

**Lack of supply but growth in demand**  
_“According to the UNESCO Institute of Statistics, by 2030 there will be an estimated increase of nearly 120 million students participating in higher education, with 2.3 million of them being internationally mobile. […] it’s the lower- and middle-income nations where demand is increasing, while higher-income nations tend to see more stagnant tertiary enrollment growth”_

**The rise in non-traditional students**  
_“Institutions will have to share resources and utilize emerging technologies like [massive open online courses] in a more creative fashion, utilizing globally but assessing locally”_

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**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 10:48am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/8-global-trends-impacting-higher-education/224/2 "2019-06-05T10:48:53Z")

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Labor market shifts and the rise of automation…  
“means curriculum in colleges will need to be more complex setting up students to join the workforce as high skilled workers with even more complex skills”

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**Author:** ![Alexander](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/alexander/32/200_2.png) [@Alexander](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/Alexander)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/8-global-trends-impacting-higher-education/224/3 "2019-11-18T19:42:25Z")

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I think curriculum should also be more person-oriented. Some universities from the following article have a point:

> **[60 Years of Higher Ed — Really?](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/education/learning/60-year-curriculum-higher-education.html)**
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> The idea that college education is over after four years, or even eight or 12 is so — yesterday.