21st challenges What Can STEM Higher Education Do?

21st Challenges:What Can
STEM Higher Education Do?
Lueny Morell
Founder & President, InnovaHiEd
Vice Dean, Beihang University SGE

agenda
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• The world today
• The university today
• What can be done?
• Some thoughts
• Q&A

THE
WORLD
TODAY
many problems, many opportunities

Volatile
Unrest
Complex
Ambiguous
Source: Dr. Bob Johansen, President and CEO of the Institute for the Future

http://email.about.com/od/emailtrivia/f/emails_per_day.htm
http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/this-is-most-detailed-picture-internet-ever
… highly connected…

… and people…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSM74Pqi288

in the knowledge era
…where knowledge & ideas are the principal
source of economic & social development (more
important than capital, land, labor & other
tangible resources)…

…in which human capital drives economies
4 pillars of knowledge
based economies
• STEM human resources
• R&D, innovation
• Public policy
• IT infrastructre
http://go.worldbank.org/851HK6EUH0
“whatever their
development level, ALL
countries must consider an
economic model based on
knowledge & innovation.”

The ultimate goal of societies is economic
development & well-being
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29-May-19
JOBS PEOPLE
Basic
Research
Development
Commercialization &
Advanced
Development
Manufacturing
Sales
Marketing
Distribution
New businesses
Competencies
• Knowledge
• Skills
• Attitudes/Values
Value Chain
Reduce Brain Drain/
Create Value

Engineers create
solutions for the
welfare of
humanity and the
needs of society –
Dan Mote, President US
NAE

It’s not what
you know…
but what you
can do with
what you
know!
IN ENGINEERING –SKILLS,
ATTITUDES & VALUES ARE
CRITICAL

…highly competitive world
http://www.weforum.org/reports/global-competitiveness-report-2014-2015

… a highly competitive world
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/GCR2017-2018/05FullReport/TheGlobalCompetitivenessReport2017%E2%80%932018.pdf
¿Dónde está América Latina?

…entering globalization 4.0
https://toplink.weforum.org/knowledge/insight/a1G0X000004QCWEUA4/explore/summary

Global value chains are growing
more knowledge-intensive
• In all value chains, capitalized spending on R&D
and intangible assets such as brands, software,
and intellectual property (IP) is growing as a
share of revenue.
• Overall, it rose from 5.4 percent of revenue in
2000 to 13.1 percent in 2016. This trend is most
apparent in global innovations value chains.
• Companies in machinery and equipment spend
36 percent of revenue on R&D and intangibles,
while those in pharmaceuticals and medical
devices average 80 percent (Exhibit 3).
• The growing emphasis on knowledge and
intangibles favors countries with highly skilled
labor forces, strong innovation and R&D
capabilities, and robust intellectual property
protections.
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/innovation-and-growth/globalization-in-transition-the-future-of-trade-and-value-
chains?cid=other-eml-nsl-mip-mck&hlkid=244368eb63e44c8dbd5ee6b56c8b19f3&hctky=2644246&hdpid=402a5052-d021-4cf9-856d-
ae07d9330a57

The 4th industrial revolution
will change the world the
way the others changed it!
29/5/2019

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New jobs are emerging to replace those in decline
Linkedin Emerging Jobs
Report found that AI
skills in the workforce
grew 190% from 2015 to
2017

“The most valuable workers now and
in the future will be those who can
combine technical knowledge with
human skills: programming + ethics,
artificial intelligence + emotional
intelligence, logic + values or
judgment”.
The Strada Institute for the Future of Work
http://www.stradaeducation.org/institute/

Today’s global workforce faces an
urgent need to gain new skills to keep
up-to-date with the changing
requirements of their jobs….the global
workforce of tomorrow – today’s
children and youth – urgently need an
education system that sets them up
better for the future. – WEF
MM.DD.20XXADD A FOOTER19 https://www.weforum.org/projects/shared-vision-for-talent-in-the-4ir

The skillsets we needed in
the 20th century are NOT
enough today!
EQ versus IQ

“the need of skilled workers is
pulling England down”
THE ECONOMIST
http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21648003-lack-skilled-workers-and-managers-drags-country-down-mind-gap

…in the US
and most of
the world

THE MOST
IMPORTANT 21st
CENTURY SKILL?
LEARNING TO
LEARN!

And… we need
women at the
design table!

THE
UNIVERSITY
TODAY
We have forgotten our role in
society and become very selfish

“The aim of education must be the training
of independently acting and thinking
individuals who, however, see in the service
to the community their highest life
achievement.”
- Einstein

The 3-pronged mission
of universities in
society
educate, create and serve for the well-
being of society

But we are
teaching 21st
century students
with 20th century
curricula in 18th
century
classrooms

We do R&D
driven mostly by
personal
advance,
institutional
prestige and to
bring in external
funding

Service is almost
non-existent!

96 percent of the university provosts
(academic vice presidents) surveyed
believed their universities were successfully
preparing young people for the workplace
Tom Friedman
http://luenymorell.com/2014/09/10/provosts-vs-graduates-opinion-on-skills-gap-tom-friedman/
But, when recent college grads in the work
force were asked whether they felt
prepared, only 14 percent say yes

Clayton Christensen
Harvard University
“In the spirit of
honoring traditions,
universities hang on to
past practices
imperiling their future.”

And on top of this we weed out talent!

Result?

WHAT CAN WE DOTO
ADDRESSTHE 21ST
CHALLENGES?
SOME SUGGESTIONS

how can we educate a
new breed of
professional?
diverse, interdisciplinary, & all flavors of creative.
a locally relevant but globally competitive engineer

WE NEED TO
DESIGN A
SYSTEM THAT
WORKS!

SOME BIG PICTURE IDEAS
1. Re-visit & balance the mission of the university to serve society
(educate, create, serve)
2. Innovate the curriculum AND the learning experience
(competency/need based, backwards design, stakeholder
involvement) and focus on learning (not on teaching)
3. Develop an R&D + I + e portfolio (local & global areas)
4. Develop a culture of innovation across the university to be a
model to society (CQI, int’l accreditation)
5. Reconsider the “business model” (inclusive, international,
efficient, effective, accessible, affordable i2e2a2)
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UNIVERSITIES'TRANSFORMATION
R/r e/E s R E S
Driven by tradition, external
funds, & individual
work/recognition
Driven by society’s needs,
common good & teamwork

CONTINUOUSLY RE-VISIT AND
ENHANCETHE MISSION AND
STRATEGIESTO EDUCATE,
CREATE, SERVE
FROM TEACHING CENTERED TO
LEARNING CENTERED
FROM RESEARCH FOR PUBLISH TO
RESEARCH FOR A PURPOSE
FROM LITTLE INVOLVEMENT IN
SOCIETY TO CONTRIBUTORS TO
SOCIETY

COMPETENCY/OUTCOMES BASED
CURRICULUM
A CURRICULUM
DESIGN BACKWARDS,
FROM THE
GRADUATING
ENGINEER’S
COMPETENCIES
(knowledge, skills,
attitudes/values)
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USE ACTIVE &
AUTHENTIC LEARNING
oPromotes and motivates learning
oBrings real-life into the classroom
oDevelops engineering
competencies
oResearch shows both increase
learning AND they have
significantly more impact on
women than on men (when women
have connections with their environment they feel
valued).

ACTIVE & AUTHENTIC
TEACHING/LEARNING METHODS
S I M P L E C O M P L E X
Think-pair-
share (TPS)
Use
handouts
with gaps
Ask questions
to make
them think
Find out what
students
know and
want to know Motivate
interest in
topic
Use authentic
learning:
Learning
Factory, CDIO,
PBL, PjBL, EPiCS,
internships,
COOP, design
centric
curricula…
Other
practices
Use
technology
& media
Use old
exams as
practice
Cooperative
note taking
Flipped &
blended
learning
Minute
paper
Reciprocal
team
questioning
Paired
Quizzes
Bonus for
teams
Use
clickers
Lab
demos
Debate
ethics
cases
Peer
learning
Case
studies

ADDRESS
GLOBAL/REGIONAL
CHALLENGES
“Many of the world’s greatest health,
environmental, and security threats are
beyond the ability of any one nation to
confront by itself.” - US National Academies
of Science, Engineering and Medicine

China Belt and Road Initiative

DEVELOP
ENGINEERING
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
o4 year program to develop and
practice engineering leadership
skills in undergraduate students
oSimilar to MIT’s Gordon
Leadership Program

BECOMING LEADERS SINCE 1ST YEAR
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USE DATA ANALYTICS
Incorporate analytics in day to day
operations and to achieve intended
outcomes and improvements.
To answer questions like: What really
works? Is it a commitment to new
talent, technologies, or operating
models? What curriculum areas we
need to develop?
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/social-sector/our-insights/how-higher-
education-institutions-can-transform-themselves-using-advanced-
analytics?cid=eml-app

GENDER & MINORITIES
PARITY
“The future won’t be a man’s world, it
will be a skilled world – one where
women have equal access,
representation and skills to capture the
opportunities in industries and jobs
that are growing and well-paid.” - Mara
Swan, Executive Vice President, Global Strategy and
Talent, ManpowerGroup

Influence Policy
“Change always starts with a small group of passionate
people. These people often challenge the status quo. Over
time, they attract and mobilize more people. Eventually,
they gain enough support and momentum to achieve
lasting change.”
- Bryan Walker, IDEO, San Francisco

Rector/President
Vice Rectors &
Other Campus-
wide Functions
Deans
Dept Chairs
Advisory
Boards
Faculty
Number Role & Responsibilities
1 Lead, strategy, policy-
making, decision-making,
respond to society’s needs.
The buck stops here
3 – 5 Co-lead with rector,
implementation at school
level
10 - 20 Co-lead with deans,
implement at
department/program level
100’s Research, teach, service
1,000’s Learn
S T U D E N T S

InnovaHiEd International
Certification in
Partnership with IGIP in
Europe
Ing.Paed.IGIP title - Academic
qualification for STE(A)M faculty and
graduate students
www.igip.education

5 Insights toThink About
• We’re in the middle of a major
transition.
• It is vital that we address the
upskilling and re-skilling of our
people FAST.
• Curricula AND learning
experiences/teaching methods
need to be transformed.
• We have to address the gender
gap in technology jobs.
• The great hope is education.

Saint Francis of
Assissi
“Start by doing what is
necessary; then what is
possible; and suddenly you
will be doing the
impossible.”

what an honor and a
pleasure to be an
engineer!

thank you!
¡gracias!
¿preguntas?

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