Is this what higher education will look like in 5 years?

Is this what higher education will look like in 5 years?

Ipsos surveyed adults in 29 countries on how they see higher education being delivered in five years' time.

The majority think the split between online and in-person learning that's come about during the COVID-19 pandemic is here to stay.

Respondents in China and Japan were most likely to see higher education being delivered mainly in person.

Just over half of the adults surveyed believe in-person learning is worth its cost.



In 2025, higher education will be a hybrid of in-person and online learning, according to a new Ipsos survey for the World Economic Forum.

As a second wave of COVID-19 saw cases resurging across the globe in October, more than 27,500 adults in 29 countries were asked how they saw higher education being conducted in their country, five years from now.



Almost three-quarters (72%) of respondents said higher education in their country would be conducted online at least as much as in person, if not more.

The pandemic saw as many as 1.3 billion learners affected this year, as schools and universities were forced to close, and adopt 'blended' learning strategies, which mixes online with face-to-face teaching.

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Higher education could change a lot