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Universities in a Flat World Implications for Global Strategy Pradeep K. Khosla Dean, College of Engineering Dowd Professor and Director, Cylab
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2 Changing Landscape – A Flat World Companies have transformed from doing business globally to being global enterprises – thanks to Computing and Communications technologies! Manufacturing of products globally Industry supported Research and development is going global Availability of trained human resources and more effective on a cost basis Ability to solve problems and develop products of local interest IP provisions in foreign countries are more attractive to companies 50% of respondents to a 2004 Industrial Research Institute study indicated that they are funding research at foreign universities.
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3 American companies have recognized and embraced this transformation Source: Council on Competitiveness
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4 Talent Pool is Global 10 years ago about 40% of Engineering work hours were within the US By 2010 about 10% of the Engineering work hours will be based in US India and China graduate a total of about 15X more engineers every year compared to about 65,000 in the US The cost of an engineering work hour in India/China is between 10%-20% of that in the US Routine engineering jobs are being outsourced at a very fast pace Downward pressure on salaries will continue
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5 Foreign Governments Investing in R&D Foreign governments are investing in R&D Lack the strong and dominating culture of R&D in the US (at least for the next 10-20 years) Increased competition for UG and Grad students from other countries (Australia, Singapore, Europe, etc)
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6 Universities Stuck in the Old World The 21-st century university is still local Education is local, not scalable, and relatively expensive Research is performed locally; Issues with IP provisions (Bayh-Dole, Tax free bonds etc) Students from all countries come to campus current geo-political issues indicate and predict a decrease in the number of international graduate students due to ITAR regulations and VISA issues What will be the future of Engineering graduates in the US? Carnegie Mellon is taking a leadership role in defining a new curriculum Engineers will be required to operate in a global (multi-national and multi-cultural) environment and must appreciate the needs of the people where products are manufactured and sold
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7 What is the Real Issue? The Real issue is not that other countries are graduating more students, but By when will these countries have the culture of US that integrates research, education, economic development in a cohesive strategy and compete head-to-head with the US success model By when will foreign universities establish more economically affordable models for delivering education within the US and to US students within foreign countries Since this will happen, how should a university respond to this threat?
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8 Implications of A Flat World for CMU Engineering College Rethink how to educate our undergraduate and graduate students so that they are able to compete, succeed, and lead in the new global business environment – Rethink Education to create the ‘Carnegie Plan for a Flat World’ Managing Innovation in a Global multilingual and multicultural environment Holistic Education Take the culture of CMU graduate education and R&D to foreign countries by creating a collaborative and scalable research and education infrastructure Capitalize on the R&D investment of foreign governments and industry Offer opportunity to graduate students and faculty to operate globally and in diverse cultures Strategic Goals for Globalization Create more visibility for Carnegie Mellon Global partnerships greatly enhance competitiveness for corporate research by U.S. companies GOAL – ”CMU as a global research and education partner.”
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9 Carnegie Mellon International Strategy Strategy currently focused around CMU`s key strengths – CyberSecurity and System-on-a-Chip technologies Cybersecurity and IT CyLab Athens – Offer MSIN degree thru INI CyLab Korea – Focused on research with investments in Korea and Pittsburgh CyLab Japan – Offer MSIS-IT degree in Kobe Japan SoC ITRI Lab@Carnegie Mellon -- focused on research Carnegie Mellon Qatar Campus (CS and Business) Carnegie Mellon Heinz School Campus in Adelaide, Australia Several Others examples within CMU
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10 Carnegie Mellon International Strategy - Implementation Global Programs integrated within Carnegie Mellon – not just foreign branches Programs are mainly MS degrees (except 2 UG programs) Students are Carnegie Mellon students Conferred degree is indistinguishable from a degree in Pittsburgh Faculty either hired by Carnegie Mellon or given adjunct status Carnegie Mellon has veto on ALL student admissions and faculty hires Collaborative experience for students (joint research, design, or project experience) Constant Assessment (both at the course and program level) ensures that the quality of education and student performance is statistically indistinguishable
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11 Thank You
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