Dive Brief:
- A report from the U.K.-based Observatory for Borderless Higher Education looks ahead to 2020 with predictions for higher education's future and finds that people will drive the change, not technology.
- The "Horizon Scanning" report also foresees a wider range of credentials beyond traditional degrees, driven in part by students' sampling of classes with and without credit across online education options.
- The report sees a more globalized future for higher education, with more international collaboration and students continuing to cross borders for good schools.
Dive Insight:
The paper also notes declining government funding for higher education and sees no reversing of the trend. For more on the future of higher education, check out our 12 tech trends higher education cannot afford to ignore.