exporting education

Exporting education –quality, price & value

Hanasaari 31.3.2014Kimmo Kuortti

@oulu.fi

Price and value

Politicians, industry lobbyists and lately alsothe Academia are putting a price to education –the value of education only surfaces in introductions to price theme:

”Education and education system are examples of themost valuable features of the Nordic well-fare state. Now, let us talk about money.”

Kimmo Kuortti/University of Ouluhttps://fi.linkedin.com/in/kuortti

Price of investment & value of investment

Even ECONOMIC value does not equal market price

Economic IMPACT, let alone social/societal impact, is even less equal with market price


Life changing experience – theprice and value of education

Learning is a process (No, not like processes in a factory)

Long-term perspective

Investment for life

A reciprocal process – co-creation

Do-it-yourself

A formative experienceKimmo Kuortti/University of Ouluhttps://fi.linkedin.com/in/kuortti

Thus…

What do we want to achieve with education export and recruitment of foreign/non-EU students:

Paying customers?New talent?More/new tax-payers?

If we can afford tuition fees, can we also afford sholarship systems?


Be that as it may…

Universities currently

Do not plan their degree programme portfolio strategically

Do not plan their student enrolment strategically

Are not prepared for mismatches between worker skills and jobs

Are not prepared for geographic mismatches between jobs and workers

Are unwilling to critically scrutinize the fundamental relationship and mechanisms between science, learning and society


Some background:

The Financial Impact of Cross-border Student Mobility on the Economy of the Host Country:

http://www.bmbf.de/pubRD/Financial_impact_of_cross-border_student_mobility_on_the_economy_of_the_....pdf

The Economic Costs and Benefits of International Students:

http://www.shef.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.259052!/file/sheffield-international-students-report.pdf


„The success of our educational productdepends on the percieved long-term

value of the university experience to thestudent“


“At present, the global rankings of universities in effect equate inputs with output. Only universities which have built up vast research capacity and low student:teacher ratios can come out on top. Yet in the era of modern technology, when students can individually and collectively create knowledge themselves, outstanding quality without high fixed costs is both plausible and desirable. New entrants are effectively barred from entry. “

(An Avalanche is Coming: http://www.ippr.org/images/media/files/publication/2013/04/avalanche-is-coming_Mar2013_10432.pdf)


TACK - KIITOS!(THANK YOU!)
