Presentation To
Korea
**
76
76
75
Philippines
Japan
India
71
71
69
Dominican Republic
Brazil
El Salvador
64
Colombia
60
58
56
Indonesia
Chile
Mexico
38
Portugal
34
32
Peru
United States
10
20
30
40
50
Sources: IBRD/IFC; UNESCO 2000; OECD 2001; Levy Research on Private Higher Education April 2002;
60
70
80
90
Population
Time Per
Billion
Yr 1
250 m
1800
1b
1800 yrs
1930
2b
130 yrs
1960
3b
30 yrs
1975
4b
15 yrs
1988
5b
13 yrs
2001
6b
13 yrs
Source: 6 Billion Human Beings: - Muse de l'Homme Musum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris France
Balancing Education
Sector Needs . . . .
. . . . With Fiscal
Realities
% of Financing Education
87%
80
83%
Public investment
60
40
20
Private investment
17% *
13% *
0
1996
1998
2000
* = est. Trends in
14.65%
% of GDP
12
Private investment
8
Public investment
7.05%
0
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
1999
2000
China:
10 to 11% gross enrollment
Yr 2000 7.2 m students enrolled (excluding distance)
admitted 2.2 m new students
in Yr 2002
26 m students
currently in high school
Funding Comparatives
. . . the most populous nations
UK USA
1000
1260
520
60
280
Public Expenditure
on Education ($B)
16
23
94
72
480
% Global Budget
0.7%
1.0%
4.2%
3.2%
22%
Per 10 m Population
$0.16 b
$0.2 b
$1.8 b $12 b
$17 b
Sources: UNESCO 1999 & 2000; World Bank 2001; US Department of Education 2001; Department of Education & Skills UK, 2002
Student Financing
Over 60 countries have student loans mostly public schemes
Variable performance
Loan schemes important can improve access and opportunity
Some barriers
private banking sector experience limited
cost of credit usually high
mobility of students after graduating
underwriting risk and cross border
issues difficult
Access to proven systems & experience valuable
Source: World Bank Constructing Knowledge Economies 2002; The Changing Enterprise ACE 2002; IFC
. . . . GATS . . .
144 countries trade in higher education services
Raise Barriers or Limit Entry?
entry of foreign providers in to
local markets - or
limit how
foreign providers operate in domestic markets
Issues of IP and equal treatment of national and
foreign providers on education subsidies
Lifelong Learning
Changing Student Profiles
Adults with tertiary qualifications increased from 22% to
over 40% today in OECD countries
Over 40% of undergraduates in US & 30% of Canadas
undergraduate students are over 25 yrs
Yr 2000 over 20% of first year university students were over
27 yrs in Australia, NZ, Denmark, Norway & Sweden
Lifelong learning attracting new learners more diversified
older and part time students
Sources: OECD 2000/2001; The Changing Enterprise ACE 2002;
Distance Education
Asia has 3.5 m students (2000) China Central Radio and TV
University has 1.5 million enrolls over 100,000 each year
30% of all tertiary courses in Russia are distance
LAC has over 1 million tertiary distance education students
Technikon South Africa has another 60,000 students
The E.A.D.T.U. 18 members 14 countries 900,000
students
Canada 500,000 students many on-line
on-
Future Outlook
Financing of education will tighten demographics outweigh
fiscal realities growth in non-public financing
New business models Public going Private trend will grow
Knowledge societies and lifelong learning important for
economic development new systems for education and trg
Globalization and internationalization changing the future
landscape of higher education, national and cross-border
ICTs and the Internet optimizing use of new technologies
models advancing quality-based mass education delivery