Tertiary Education is Indispensable to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Authors

  • Jamil Salmi Diego Portales University

Keywords:

Tertiary education, Sustainable Development Goals, contribution to development

Abstract

For a long time, the crucial contribution of tertiary education to economic and social development has been understated by the international community. But the global commitment to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has made it harder to ignore that strong and dynamic tertiary education systems are indispensable to make substantial progress on the 17 SDGs.

Author Biography

Jamil Salmi, Diego Portales University

Jamil Salmi is a global tertiary education expert, professor emeritus of higher education policy at Diego Portales University in Chile, and research fellow at Boston College’s Center for International Education, US. This article is adapted from his 2017 book The Tertiary Education Imperative: Knowledge, Skills and Values for Development. Boston and Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. jsalmi@tertiaryeducation.org — www.tertiaryeducation.org.

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Published

2020-01-13

How to Cite

Salmi, J. (2020). Tertiary Education is Indispensable to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. International Higher Education, (100), 14–15. Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/14219

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No. 100 (2020): Winter Issue

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