This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Accelerate employability through skill development We revolutionize skill development through use of technology to create millions of highly-skilled knowledge workers, globally 5 Year Target: Skill and place 5MM in sustainable high-quality jobs
Enable large scale job creation through entrepreneurship We inspire, educate, and support first generation entrepreneurs to create millions of jobs 5 Year Target: Create half a million high-value jobs
Impact policies to accelerate India/US economic activity We strengthen the India-US relationship through a shared vision and a policy framework for economic acceleration 5 Year Target: Facilitate policy frameworks and actionable high impact policies that further US India economic development and cooperation.
Mainstream the educated PwDs into corporate jobs We train and place disabled into sustainable high quality jobs 5 Year Target: Train and place 100,000 into corporate jobs
Promote world class research and innovation We propel India towards leadership in innovation by enabling world-class research and industry creation 5 Year Target: Facilitate and enable world class research at several prestigious Institutes in high-impact areas
The reality shaped by an increasingly integrated world economy, new information and communication technology, the emergence of an international knowledge network, the role of the English language, and other forces beyond the control of academic institutions.
• Over 4.3 Million young people studying abroad for a degree. • CAGR 6% (1990-2011)
• The largest numbers of international students are from China, India and Korea. Asian students account for 53% of all students studying abroad worldwide.
• Drivers • For Students
• Cheaper Travel and communication costs
• Cultural enrichment and improve language skills
• Get high-status qualifications
• Create advantage for themselves in competitive job market.
• For Governments
• Bring new skills back home (Fewer Indian students returning back)
• Forex earning
• Capacity Building Strategy (e.g. China)
• Increasing competition for the globetrotting young people
Last year, within the U.S., about 6.7 million students have taken at least one online course (there are about 20 million higher education students in the U.S.)
Last year, the growth rate was about 9%, with 570,000 new online enrolments
The percentage of students taking at least one online course is 32%
Only 2.6% of institutions participate in or use a massive-online open course (MOOC) system. 9.4% of the institutions are considering
33 Source: Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States. January, 2013. Babson Survey Research Group and Quahog Research Group.
• Coursera added 29 more universities, several from overseas to complement the initial 33 universities (March, 2013)
• Universities are experimenting with credit transfers from some of these courses
• Colorado State is piloting a computer class transfer (September, 2012) from Udacity
• California State will use Udacity to offer remedial algebra, statistics for $150 a course (January 2012)
• California is considering legislation to require credit transfer for overcrowded classes (March, 2013)
• Non-profit MOOCs have been announced
• EdX – a joint venture with Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, University of Texas
• Industry-university partnerships have been announced
• 2U: Northwestern, Duke, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and a few others (November, 2012)
• Academic Partnerships: ASU, University of Cincinnati, University of Arkansas, Cleveland State, Florida International University, Utah State, University of Texas Arlington (January 2013)
• Expect more universities, companies with announcements in 2013 and 2014