- The role of a university is key for sustainable
development of any society in the world. Graduates from
all disciplines must have knowledge and skills on
sustainability as universities are regarded as key
institutions for behavior modeling in the process of social
change and development. This is a desk research
purposed to analyze the role universities as institutions
of higher learning should undertake in mitigating the
challenges the society face even in such a time of climate
change. The greatest role of a university is the
production of highly skilled manpower and research
output for meeting perceived targets in the global
society. Universities are instruments that should provide
new knowledge and skills that is needed to meet the
contemporary challenges for sustainable development,
creation of awareness and provision of necessary
preconditions that will lead to informed decision-making
for consumer’s choice by understanding what exists
through brain, knowing how to do it-vocational training
by hands, and recognizing why we do it, ones’ place in
society the heart. This is the core role of the university.
Through this paper, we re-examine the origin,
development, and roles of university in the modern
world. A few years ago there has been an exponential
and unprecedented growth in the world of technology
and artificial intelligence capabilities affecting all arenas
of life and challenges in the current working practices.
This study helps us to understand how a society that is
digitally enabled can match the daily demands placed
upon it. The paper also discusses the ways universities
can become relevant agents of change through modifying
their roles in response to challenges facing the global
society. Thus, for the society to understand the impact of
university’s education, it has to perform its unique
function as an enabler of change which can be achieved
by embracing and walking the path of technology.
Therefore, the discussion and debates around teaching
activities and professional training for high level jobs
and education that is necessary for development of the
personality is brought out here.
Keywords :
Technology, 3D printing, AI, IOT
