This open access collection examines how higher education responds to the demands of the automation economy and the fourth industrial revolution. Considering significant trends in how people are learning, coupled with the ways in which different higher education institutions and education stakeholders are implementing adaptations, it looks at new programs and technological advances that are changing how and why we teach and learn. The book addresses trends in liberal arts integration of STEM innovations, the changing role of libraries in the digital age, global trends in youth mobility, and the development of lifelong learning programs. This is coupled with case study assessments of the various ways China, Singapore, South Africa and Costa Rica are preparing their populations for significant shifts in labour market demands – shifts that are already underway. Offering examples of new frameworks in which collaboration between government, industry, and higher education institutions can prevent lagging behind in this fast changing environment, this book is a key read for anyone wanting to understand how the world should respond to the radical technological shifts underway on the frontline of higher education.

这本开放存取的文集研究了高等教育如何应对自动化经济和第四次工业革命的需求。考虑到人们学习方式的重大趋势，再加上不同的高等教育机构和教育利益相关者实施适应性的方式，它着眼于正在改变我们教和学的方式和原因的新项目和技术进步。本书讨论了STEM创新的文科整合趋势、图书馆在数字时代的角色变化、青年流动的全球趋势以及终身学习项目的发展。此外，本书还对中国、新加坡、南非和哥斯达黎加为其人口准备应对劳动力市场需求的重大转变的各种方式进行了案例研究评估，这些转变已经在进行中。本书提供了政府、行业和高等教育机构之间合作的新框架的例子，可以防止在这个快速变化的环境中落后，对于任何想要了解世界应该如何应对高等教育前线的激进技术转变的人来说，本书是一本关键读物。