Today's Universities: Combining Rigour with Relevance: The 3rd Dubai International Conference in Higher Education

· Universal-Publishers
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344
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About this ebook

Last  year, the Dubai International Conference in Higher Education considered  the  global  challenge  of  sustaining  success  in  higher education. This  year,  we  posed  the  question: ‘How  do  universities  combine  rigour  with relevance?’ Once again we have invited all those involved in the higher education community to come together to share insights related to the provision of education that is rigorous and at the same time relevant.   The three key premises of the conference are these:


1. Higher education institutions must demonstrate their relevance to the needs of the workforce in a landscape of constant and rapid economic and social change. 

2. They must maintain the rigorous academic standards that are the hallmark of a quality institution.
3. With the accelerating power and reach of the web, universities must meet unprecedented challenges as technological innovation disrupts their traditional business model. Unless individual universities prove that they are capable of adapting successfully in the face of these three pressures, their futures may be uncertain. 

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