Higher education institutions and the global digital transformation: beyond the question of which skills for the 21st century

Abstract

The objective of this chapter is to collect the key takeaways of the chapters included in this book and to employ these takeaways in a discussion on HEIs (including the challenges they face and the responses to these that they generate) in times of the global digital transformation. What are the key challenges HEIs face? How to address these challenges? Which business models to implement? How to prepare students for successful careers? How to use the talent and intellectual capital pertaining to HEIs to allow HEIs to enlighten the society?