Education

4 trends that will shape the future of higher education

Higher education needs to address the problems it faces by moving towards active learning, and teaching skills that will endure in a changing world.

Higher education needs to address the problems it faces by moving towards active learning, and teaching skills that will endure in a changing world. Image: Vasily Koloda for Unsplash

Diana El-Azar
Senior Director, Strategic Communications and Thought Leadership, Minerva Project
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Higher education is beginning to accept that traditional methods of teaching are ineffective – as demonstrated by the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve
Higher education is beginning to accept that traditional methods of teaching are ineffective – as demonstrated by the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve

Many people gain admission to higher education based on standardized tests that skew to a certain socio-economic class
Many people gain admission to higher education based on standardized tests that skew to a certain socio-economic class Image: Fairtest, College Board

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