The Role of Higher Education in the Digital Economy Development

Nataliia Kholiavko,Anatolii Melnychenko,Liudmyla Grynevych,Olha Popelo,Marta Derhaliuk

doi:10.20952/revtee.v15i34.16773

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to study the role of higher education in the development of the digital economy. To achieve the goal, the authors used the methods of analysis and synthesis; content analysis; scientific abstraction and systematization. The authors conclude that promising areas for strengthening the positive impact of higher education on the development of the digital economy are: improving dual education to provide the national economy with personnel capable of innovative thinking and action; introduction of lifelong learning programs, short-term highly specialized training programs; formation of information and innovation cultures in society; generation of innovative ideas and their commercialization in the real sector of the economy; supporting the development of innovation and information infrastructures; support for youth innovation projects; increasing the level of the English language proficiency in order to expand the opportunities for participation of universities in international research and educational projects.

Highlights

Activation of the development of the national economy on the basis of sustainability and information implies the need to take into account a set of dynamic factors of exogenous and endogenous environment, a prominent place among which are scientific, technical and informational factors
The authors conclude that promising areas for strengthening the positive impact of higher education on the development of the digital economy are: improving dual education to provide the national economy with personnel capable of innovative thinking and action; introduction of lifelong learning programs, short-term highly specialized training programs; formation of information and innovation cultures in society; generation of innovative ideas and their commercialization in the real sector of the economy; supporting the development of innovation and information infrastructures; support for youth innovation projects; increasing the level of the English language proficiency in order to expand the opportunities for participation of universities in international research and educational projects Keywords: Digital economy
National priorities should focus on aspects of development of knowledge-intensive sectors of the national economy, increasing the pace of implementation of information and communication technologies in all areas of activity, ensuring innovative development, activation of the knowledge market and digital industry

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Introduction

Activation of the development of the national economy on the basis of sustainability and information implies the need to take into account a set of dynamic factors of exogenous and endogenous environment, a prominent place among which are scientific, technical and informational factors. The effectiveness of the transition of the national economy to the principles of information largely depends on the availability of a national strategic vision, political will, financial resources. Such a transition will mean technological modernization of the real sector of the economy and will be accompanied by structural and functional changes at both the macro- (national economy), meso(regional socio-economic systems) and at the macro (economic entities) levels; will take place against the background of objective facts of cyclical economy, dynamic scientific and technological development, exacerbation of political and military threats in the current economic and social problems. We are talking about a progressive transition to the digital economy - "that part of basic economics that studies economic laws and patterns in the field of production, generation of scientific and technical information and scientific knowledge" (Shkarlet, 2015)

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