How should higher education leaders think about future technology needs in the context of student access and success?
Summary
This paper, part of the Next-Gen Digital Learning Infrastructure (NGDLI) project, seeks to help college and university presidents, boards and board leaders seize post-pandemic opportunities to re-envision the digital future of their institutions. It challenges leaders to rethink approaches to governance in today's postsecondary learning environment, maximizing the current window of opportunity for change.
Key Insights
- The future of postsecondary learning will be increasingly digital and hybrid, combining in-person and online elements and creating greater flexibility related to place and time.
- The pandemic expanded the market for technologies and services designed to improve academic and administrative functions and the learner experience.
- Non-degree, certificate and microcredential programs, as well as non-institutional providers, will continue to grow in response to many learners' expanding preference for alternatives to traditional degree programs.
- Ongoing technological and economic change means individuals will need more frequent, more accessible and more affordable high-quality learning engagements across a longer span of their lives.
