Preparing Globally Competent Professionals and Leaders for Innovation and Sustainability

The book is centered on international higher education's role for the global common good. The purpose of this book is to critically examine the need for globally competent citizens, professionals, and leaders in the 21st century and higher education's role in the global common good for a sustainable world. The book presents an evidence-based interdisciplinary framework and promising strategies to allow all learners to develop global citizenship and global leadership while addressing the need to prepare human capital for the global knowledge economy and digital transformation in the 21st century. Cross-sector case studies are shared to demonstrate global leadership in action.