Speaking on His Highness Vision for Higher Education

At The 4th Annual Ellucian Live 2016DENVER, COLORADO, USA

The Conference

●Invited as a guest speaker at Ellucian Live 2016, DENVER, COLORADO, USA

●A worldwide leading educational technology conference

●Brings together 8,400 attendees ●Attendees hail from all over the world: Latin America, Europe,

North America, Middle East, etc...

●Top executives of 1,300 higher education institutions

Q1

Jeff Ray: The term SMART University is not commonplace here. Please describe this and explain the vision that His Highness, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, had in establishing the institution?

With Jeff Ray, President and CEO of Ellucian at the Q&A Session

A1●His Highness has a vision to revolutionize Higher Education in the

Arab World.●He wants us to lead the Arab world in development.●His Highness is a great believer that our minds are parachutes and

they need to be open.

●There is a 40% of individuals in the Arab world are illiterate. ●Through the use of ICT we will be able to revolutionize Higher

Education.●That is why we are here tackling this on behalf of His Highness.

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Q2

Jeff Ray: What role does higher education play in the Arab world? What can the world learn from your example?

A2

●So far Higher education does not play a role in the Arab world.

●Our 4C’s model plays a role in revolutionizing education by putting learners in the driving seat.

●We can’t continue to follow the traditional route of higher education, the 4C’s model caters to larger segment of the population.

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Q3

Jeff Ray: What barriers are you working to overcome?

A3

●If we don’t innovate we evaporate.●Innovation is the name of the game.●There are 3 pillars that all SMART universities must follow:

accessibility, affordability and flexibility. ●These 3 pillars must come together in order to be successful. ●Smart has entered all aspects of life, education, shopping,

services and even love.

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Q4

Jeff Ray: Looking to the future, what is next for you and HBMSU?

A4

●Our vision for 2021 is to provide free education to the Arab world.●An avalanche is coming to higher education.●When we talk about enterprise we need to be able to reach a

larger segment of learners.●Smart schools will help all students especially those displaced

individuals, as we see with the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis.

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