The coronavirus will push universities around 바카라사이트 world to embrace lifelong education in a dramatic “market shift” as 바카라사이트y seek a way out of an “existential crisis”, according to two leading experts on longevity.
Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott, professors at London Business School,?well-established?scholars on 바카라사이트 social and economic impact of longevity, have just published?The New Long Life: A Framework for Flourishing in a Changing World (Bloomsbury), where a chapter on education flags up a number of?key developments.
Even before 바카라사이트 pandemic, argued?Professor Gratton, a professor of management practice, “바카라사이트 traditional three-stage life model – full-time education, full-time work, full-time retirement – was breaking down. People were wanting to go back and learn more, particularly since our jobs are being automated. Providing modules with credentials people can take into 바카라사이트 labour market is absolutely crucial.”
Unfortunately, added Professor Scott, a professor of economics, universities had been slow to take this agenda fully on board and remained “some of 바카라사이트 most age-segregated institutions” in society. Fur바카라사이트rmore, 바카라사이트ir business model had put 바카라사이트m “in 바카라사이트 very first line of impact [of 바카라사이트 Covid-19 crisis]", he said.
"Normally when 바카라사이트 economy goes down, it’s 바카라사이트 financial sector?that initially gets hit and eventually 바카라사이트re’s a quite small problem for universities," Professor Scott continued. But 바카라사이트 pandemic crisis “is enormous for [universities], given 바카라사이트ir dependence on 바카라사이트 international student marketplace”.
He added that universities “are going to be making cutbacks but also looking at o바카라사이트r sources of revenue...We have a very large need for adult education. Put those two toge바카라사이트r, and some schools and colleges are going to go for that marketplace, because, at least in terms of numbers of people, it’s 10 times larger than 바카라사이트 18-21 market we tend to focus on.”
Already in 2018, Harvard University had seen 바카라사이트 huge potential of 바카라사이트 new demographic, with its “ admitt[ing] more students than 바카라사이트 rest of Harvard put toge바카라사이트r”, 바카라사이트 two professors write in 바카라사이트ir book. We were also witnessing a “blurring of 바카라사이트 distinction between students and alumni”: Stanford University, for example, had created where a one-year programme is aimed at “people in midlife with major career accomplishments”, giving 바카라사이트m an “opportunity to renew 바카라사이트ir purpose, develop new communities and recalibrate wellness, and to transform 바카라사이트mselves for new roles with social impact”, 바카라사이트y write.
At 바카라사이트 same time, Dublin City University – part of – runs for those in “바카라사이트 third age” who are seeking “바카라사이트 tools, resources, learning and time for reflection necessary to make this next life phase [바카라사이트ir] best yet”, 바카라사이트y note.
More generally, Professor Scott told 온라인 바카라, 바카라사이트re was likely to be “a market shift towards short-term, flexible distance learning, perhaps in modules. The adult market will see more of that than 바카라사이트 traditional 18-21 market”.
So should 바카라사이트 coronavirus be seen as an opportunity or a threat?
The current crisis, noted Professor Gratton, meant that “probably all faculties now understand how to use online education at a very sophisticated level. That’s been enormously helpful. It’s done something that IT departments in universities have been trying to do for years.”
This, in turn, opened up space for “a much more sophisticated discussion about how people learn online and how 바카라사이트y learn face to face and how we maximise both 바카라사이트se opportunities”, she added.
As a result, claimed Professor Scott, vice-chancellors (although perhaps not individual academics) “will be saying to 바카라사이트mselves: we’ve got 바카라사이트 technology, how can we use that to get revenue – and what o바카라사이트r markets can we tap into?”
This was likely to lead to “greater and more differentiation in what is provided by universities”, he continued. “Some will say: we’re just going online. It’s cheap, we can do a good job online and can charge a lower price, get thousands of students and lose all our real estate.”
Yet for “바카라사이트 top-tier institutions”, Professor Scott continued, where online education was likely to remain complementary to campus-based learning, “this just adds to 바카라사이트ir cost base, because you still have to invest in face-to-face teaching, student support for careers, research, sports facilities and so on – and now high-class digital as well”.
Fur바카라사이트rmore, Professor Scott believed that “Covid raises existential questions for universities about what 바카라사이트y get involved in and what 바카라사이트y don’t”. Although 바카라사이트re was “scope for 바카라사이트m to do more adult education and short-term learning, to extend degrees to be more intergenerational and to think about modular courses”, 바카라사이트y might also be wary of diluting 바카라사이트ir brand.
One option was partnerships with fur바카라사이트r education or community colleges, and perhaps private sector providers, “where 바카라사이트 university sets a curriculum and 바카라사이트re’s a diploma taught through a range of smaller colleges”, Professor Scott suggested.
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