6 ways to future-proof universities

The members of the Global University Leaders Forum community convened at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2019 to discuss their role in our ever-changing world. Here are six topics that were top of the agenda as the members considered the future of the university and its role in society. Today data is omnipresent and often overwhelming. By way of example, Domo's Data Never Sleeps 6.0 reported that in 2018 Google conducted an average 3.8 million searches per minute. Though not all graduates will enter data-related fields, universities are starting to work towards increasing data literacy in their student body by adding data science courses and challenges for social science majors so that graduates can effectively communicate with their data-oriented peers and co-workers.