World Conference on Higher Education

The 2009 World Conference on Higher Education was held in Paris, France from 5 to 8 July.

Around the world higher education is being shaken by profound changes. Exploding enrollments over the last decade are putting severe financial strains on tertiary systems. At the same time, computers and the internet have allowed previously unimaginable forms of global knowledge transfer. Institutions are becoming increasingly competitive, vying for scarce resources at home and for the rapidly growing numbers of students studying outside their own countries. Universities, including a rapidly growing number of private universities, are making international partnerships, and opening academic programs and even branches in other countries as never before.

These trends were discussed at the 1998 UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education. But they have all intensified over the last decade, bringing both new opportunities and challenges for participants attending the 2009 World Conference on Higher Education, which will take place at UNESCO’s Paris Headquarters from July 5-8.

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