Open Forum: Higher Education - Investment or Waste?
Benjamin Franklin once said, "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." Yet today, the US has a trillion dollar student loan bubble and the graduate unemployment rate has reached 14%. With over 285,000 university graduates working at minimum wage in the US, many students are faced with buyer's remorse. Is it time to reconsider whether a college degree is worth the investment?
- What is the impact of Massive Open Online Courses on traditional higher education?
- Will Generation Y youth be better or worse off than their parents? What are the implications?
· Angel Gurría **, Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris; World Economic Forum Foundation Board Member; Global Agenda Council on Water Security
· Daphne Koller **, Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Coursera, USA; Technology Pioneer; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Universities
· Gianpiero Petriglieri **, Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour, INSEAD, France; Global Agenda Council on New Models of Leadership
· Sean C. Rush **, President and Chief Executive Officer, JA Worldwide, USA; Global Agenda Council on Youth Unemployment
· Zach Sims **, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Codecademy, USA; Technology Pioneer
Moderated by
· David Callaway **, Editor-in-Chief, USA Today, USA