Education plays a crucial role in facilitating the achievement of all United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). Quality education is imperative for fostering lasting economic growth. Thus, prioritizing a strong and unified focus on education is essential for effectively advancing the global development agenda.
This panel session will explore the role impact investing, institutional capital deployment and smart policy can play in expanding international university education opportunities to drive long-term sustainable growth and systemic change in underrepresented communities around the globe.
Questions to explore:
● How can capital be deployed to finance higher education when conventional credit measures (credit scores, cosigned loans) are not available?
● What is the role of higher education institutions, policy makers, the private sector, donors and philanthropists in facilitating long-term opportunities for international education?
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● What innovative solutions, and forward-thinking concepts are driving new strategies for bringing advanced educational opportunities to underrepresented communities around the globe?
● What UN SDGs are most critical to the achievement of systemic change through education?
● Putting on your dreamer’s hat: What would a global education moonshot look like?
