1. Universities of Asia in the 21st century
Open Presentation Competition
(20th October, 2010)
By: FEBT10
1. Yakindra Prasad Timilsena - ID No. 111332
2. Alisha Tuladhar - ID No. 111327
3. Kalpana S.A. - ID No. 111312
4. Jyotsna Shrestha Khanal - ID No. 111328
5. Silvia Ayu Widayati - ID No. 111311
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2. OUTLINE
Asian Potential
Globalization and Internationalization
Different dimensions
Challenges ahead and ways forward
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3. 21st century – Asian century?
• Rapid economic growth rate
• 60% of world population
• 59% of total population
is less than 34 years
• 5000+ universities
• Tremendous progress in expanding higher education
• Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)- the highest
number of students in the world.

4. Why the international knowledge
and skills are felt necessary?
• Globalization
– Innovation and Information
– Globalization
increased demand for higher education
nations moving towards knowledge based economy
• Competent human resources

5. 21st century prerequisite

6. Role of University
United Nations
&
International
government Organization
corporate sector
development
society
training
university
research
media

7. Underfunding affects the students &
economy
Affecting the Government
economy underfunding
To generate
Expecting
additional
Higher
revenue at
packages
institutions
Differential
dramatic fees tuition fees
increase across many
countries

8. Role of technology in university in 21st century

9. What about technology resources?
Kids in the New Millennium

10. High-tech future for higher education
• Virtual university
• Any person, any
where, any time

11. Sustainability of University
Corporate
sector
Low
Government
Budget
University 3 Ps Sustainability
Excessive
control
International
donor

12. Public Private Partnership Approach
Business
Government National & International,
National Government, Formal & Informal
Federal States,
Municipalities
P Enterprises
P
P
Civil Society
Communities, NGO,
Universities,
Research Centres

13. Make university hear MDGs
Poverty &
hunger
Universal
Global
primary
partnership
education
Gender equality
Environmental
& empower
sustainability women
Diseases Reduce child
(AIDS, ma mortality rate
laria) Improve
maternal
health

14. &
MDG- Goal 8

15. Drastic changes in 21st Century

16. "Green Education"

17. Collaborative learning - Reinventing
pedagogy
• Allows for student talk - social
learning
• Pedagogy learning-”I think therefore
I am”
social learning-”We participate
therefore we are”
• Embraces discovery
• Student focused and self paced

18. • Create world-class capacity in education
• Retention of Faculties and Researchers
• Increasing enrollments
• Focus on quality rather than numbers
• Meet the industry and market demand
• Accreditation and standardisation

19. Challenges ahead and ways forward
Food security
Good Climate
governance change
Emergency
Eco-friendly preparedness
technologies
Sustainable
development

20. T-shaped Professionals as Adaptive Innovators
Expertise Across Other Fields
Management
(Business)
Across industries
Across cultures
Social Science Across functions
(People) Across disciplines
=
More experienced
More adaptive
More collaborative
Engineering
Core Field of
(Technology)
Study

21. “You are educated. Your certification is in your
degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good
life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative.
Think of it as your ticket to change the world.”
(Tom Brokaw)

22. References
• http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/index.php
• http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0805015.html
• http://www.webometrics.info/university_by_country_se
lect.asp
• http://opa.yale.edu/president/message.aspx?id=91
• http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/oldest
-university-on-earth-is-reborn-after-800-years-
2042518.html