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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Universities in a Flat WorldImplications for
Global StrategyPradeep K. KhoslaDean, College
of EngineeringDowd Professor and Director, Cylab
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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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American companies have recognized and embraced
this transformation
Source Council on Competitiveness
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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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Foreign Governments Investing in RD

• Foreign governments are investing in RD
• Lack the strong and dominating culture of RD 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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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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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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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
  RD to foreign countries by creating a
  collaborative and scalable research and education
  infrastructure
• Capitalize on the RD 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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Carnegie Mellon International Strategy

• Strategy currently focused around CMUs 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_at_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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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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Thank You