Description
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for ensuring equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university. Rapid technological changes present opportunities and challenges, but the learning environment, the capacities of teachers and the quality of education have in many parts of the world not kept pace, and in others still need to catch up. New models in higher education are emerging as lawmakers and higher education professionals look for ways to address declining enrollment numbers, lack of diversity and skyrocketing tuition, as well as knowledge gaps in today’s rapidly evolving global workforce. Access for all to a quality education and learning opportunities – starting with children - will play a central role in increasing the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship to meet today’s global and local challenges.
Join this session if you are interested in: the role of universities, communities and vocational institutes; continuing education; children in urban settings; access for marginalized students and communities; opportunities for youth; education in vulnerable settings; gender; technology for education.
Moderator
Astrid S. Tuminez, President, Utah Valley University (USA)
Speakers
- Reuben Ng, Assistant Professor Yale University
- Jamal Watson, Execuitve Editor, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
- Ramu Damodaran, Chief, Academic Impact, Department of Global Communications, United Nations
- Thomas George, Senior Urban Advisor, The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)