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MEGA-TRENDS IMPACTING
ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Dirk Van Damme
OECD/EDU/SBS – @VanDammeEDU
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Ageing Populations
Global Economic Integration
International
inequality
Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantage
Changing balance of global power
More satisfied with life?
Lower voter turnout
Skills mismatch
Women in the labour market
and childbirth
More diverse families, generally
smaller and with older parents
Almost ubiquitous access and use of computing and the Internet
A digital societyKnowledge-intensive Economies
Migration and
mobility
Urban life
Obesity epidemic
Mega-trends…
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…and global risks…
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…and global risks…
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…affecting skills demand…
Routine manual
Nonroutine manual
Routine cognitive
Nonroutine analytic
Nonroutine interpersonal
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1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2006 2009
Mean task input in percentiles of 1960 task distribution (US)
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…and education itself.
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GLOBALISATION
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Sources: H&M (2015), H&M Worldwide website; Inditex (2015), Our History, Inditex website; Tarzian, JoanMarie (2015), Santander Corporate Communication – International Media Relations; Starbucks (2015), Company Information, Starbucks website; Hoover, Joan (2015), Apple Investor Relations; Spencer, Graham (2015), Contributor, Macstories. 8
Global expansion of multinational companies
The global reach of five companies in food services, garments, banking, and
technology, 1988-2015
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30
40
50
60
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Num
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of
Countr
ies
Starbucks
Inditex
H&M
Apple
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Migration
Global integration
Trade patterns
Environment
Harmonisation of values
Affluence and
inequality
Democracy and dual
nationalities
GLOBALISATION
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Globalisation also generates inequalities and exclusion.
How strong is the backlash against globalisation among the excluded?
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Globally connected networks in research
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Over 50% of scientific papers written in collaboration;
almost 20% in international networks
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1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
%
Multiple authors, international collab. only Multiple authors, international and domestic collab.
Multiple authors, domestic collab. only Single author, multiple affiliations (dom. or international.)
Multiple authors, no institutional collaboration Single author, single institution
No institutional
collaboration
Institutional
collaboration
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China17%
United States14%
India14%
Russian Federation
10%
Japan6%
Indonesia4%
Brazil4%
Korea4%
Mexico3%
United Kingdom
3%
France2%
Germany2%
Canada2%
Turkey2%
Spain2%
Poland2%
Argentina1%
Italy1% Australia
1%
Saudi Arabia1%
Other6%
F
137
million
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Global expansion & redistribution of qualificationsGlobal distribution of tertiary educated 25-34 y-olds in 2013 and 2030
China27%
United States8%
India23%Russian
Federation4%
Japan3%
Indonesia5%
Brazil5%
Korea2%
Mexico2%
United Kingdom
2%
France1%
Germany2%
Canada1%
Turkey2%
Spain1%
Poland1%
Argentina2%
Italy1%
Australia1%
Saudi Arabia3%
Other6%
300
million
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China17%
United States14%
India14%
Russian Federation
10%
Japan6%Indonesia
4%
Brazil4%
Korea4%
Mexico3%
United Kingdom
3%
France2%
Germany2%
Canada2%
Turkey2% Spain
2%
Poland2% Argentina
1%
Italy1% Australia
1%
Saudi Arabia1%
Other6%
Share of global graduates 2013
14
United States43.2%
United Kingdom13.8%
Netherlands6.0%Germany
4.3%Canada
4.3%
Australia4.3%
Switzerland3.5%
France3.0%
Japan2.5%
Sweden2.6%
Korea2.2%
Hong Kong2.0%
Other8.4%
Share in academic excellenceTHEWUR 2012
Global distribution of qualifications and
academic excellence
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Global integration of qualifications?
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35
40
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Below upper secondary education Upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary education Tertiary education
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Proportion of 25-64 year-olds scoring at PIAAC numeracy level 4 and 5, by educational attainment of the population (2012)
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Increase of international students - flattening
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Countries differ in their integration in
international student flows
New Zealand
Australia
United Kingdom
Switzerland
Austria
BelgiumCanada
NetherlandsDenmark Czech Republic
France
FinlandGermanyHungary Ireland
Sweden
Slovak Republic
Latvia
ItalyUnited StatesPortugal
Estonia
Japan Norway LithuaniaRussian Federation SloveniaPoland KoreaTurkey
Chile China
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infl
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Student outflow
Tertiary
Luxembourg
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INSECURITY – RISKS
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Higher education
Fraud / corruption
Increased private cost / loans
Uncertain outcomes
End of credentialism
Post-truth Alternative
facts
Ideologies
Decreased public
funding capacity
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Risks are not only coming from outside higher
education, but also are found within
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Post-truth, alternative facts
“What, then, are we, the leaders of our institutions of higher education, to do when faced with a president who denies facts, who denies science?”
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Commodification of higher education as a risk
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Public versus private funding of higher education
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80
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100
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Icel
and
Swed
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Po
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%
Public expenditure on educational institutions Household expenditure
Expenditure of other private entities All private sources
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End of credentialism?
Source: Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) (2012)24
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From qualifications to skills
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From qualifications to skills
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Credentialism as social security?
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New credentials: open badges, nano-
degrees, micro-credentials,etc.
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SOCIAL INEQUALITIESSOCIAL EXCLUSIONWASTE OF TALENT
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Gini coefficients of income inequality, mid-1980s and
2013, or latest date available
0.15
0.20
0.25
0.30
0.35
0.40
0.45
0.50
1985 2013 or latest
Increase Little change Decrease
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Trends in real household incomes at the bottom, the
middle and the top, OECD average, 1985 = 1
1.00
1.10
1.20
1.30
1.40
1.50
1.60
1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Bottom 10% Bottom 40% middle 50-90% Top 10%
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Amount of money spent by US households on child
development
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Average numeracy score by parent educational
background (PEB) and inequality
240
250
260
270
280
290
300
0.18 0.23 0.28 0.33 0.38
Nu
mer
acy
sco
re
Inequality (Gini coefficient)
Low PEB Medium PEB High PEB
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Social background impacts on opportunities
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80
90
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% At least one parent has attained tertiary education Both parents have less than tertiary educational attainment
Share of 30-44 year-olds who completed tertiary-type A or an advanced research programme, by parents' educational attainment (2012 or 2015)
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The engine of social mobility falters
Australia
Austria
CanadaDenmark
Estonia
FinlandFrance
Germany
IrelandItaly
Japan
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Spain
SwedenUnited States
Flanders (Belgium)
England/N. Ireland (United Kingdom)
Russian Federation*
Average
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inequality of opportunity
low educational mobility
inequality of opportunity
high educational mobility
equality of opportunity
high educational mobility
equality of opportunity
low educational mobility
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TECHNOLOGY AND SKILLS
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New technologies
Social networksDigital
divide
Information as power
Entrepreneurs
Cyberbullying
Cyber security
Biotechnology
Privacy
R&DA BRAVE NEW
WORLD
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Trends Affecting Future Skills Demand
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Mismatch between skills supply and demand
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Is the delivery of education changing?
Number of MOOCS, 2012-16
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What will the future be?
globalisation
internationalization
cost-sharing
trade liberalization
accountability
openness
local eco-system
OECD (2008) scenario’s on the future of higher education