Book Details

Higher Education in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Publication year: 2018

ISBN: 978-981-13-0194-0

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This collection examines how higher education responds to the demands of the automation economy and the fourth industrial revolution. Considering significant trends in how people are learning, coupled with the ways in which different higher education institutions and education stakeholders are implementing adaptations, it looks at new programs and technological advances that are changing how and why we teach and learn. The book addresses trends in liberal arts integration of STEM innovations, the changing role of libraries in the digital age, global trends in youth mobility, and the development of lifelong learning programs.


Subject: Open Access and Education, Higher Education and the Digital Revolution, Fourth Industrial Revolution and Education, Automation Economy and Employment, Educational Credentialing, Singapore’s Future Economy, Online Learning, Credentialing and Up Skilling, Global Education Networks, Higher Education Innovation, China’s Higher Education System