The Institute of International Education (IIE) recommends that the next Millennium Development Goals and the Education For All Framework include a focus on increased access to quality higher education for all. We believe that access to tertiary education is integral to the success of individual persons and nations in the 21st century. With increasing global labor market demands for specialized knowledge and the need to address global challenges such as poverty, disease, discrimination against women, and environmental sustainability, higher education will become more important than ever to sustained social and economic development. 

 

Read the full statement at: www.iie.org/Blog/2013/May/Higher-Ed-Millenium-Development-Goals.