Next Generation Student Centricity in Higher Education: The Concept and Ranking of the University that Educates Entrepreneur Students

Students are the most important component of national human capital stock/assets that should never be wasted. The concept of demographic window of opportunity underscores the importance of timely acquisition of knowledge and skills. Student-centricity should be considered as matching the preferences and priorities of the students with the demands and expectations of the society in a way that produces a quality distinction. Higher education organizations act as an interface in this matching process. Such an approach will make a significant contribution to strengthening individual competencies, and increasing national capacities and performances. Entrepreneurship should be considered as an individual’s making a difference by showing his/her ability to produce innovative ideas and applications by using his/her knowledge and experiences during the process of fulfilling duties and responsibilities, and to offer new solutions and alternatives to problems. Therefore, every field of higher education (university, faculty, and department, institute and program) should be restructured to align with this perspective. The process should be designed to enable the students to be aware of the universal data, knowledge level and application models in the field of study, to learn the philosophy of the field, and to receive the training that will improve their abilities. In this new architecture, higher education organizations’ unique structures, decisions and practices have a critical role and function. However, higher education public authorities should ensure that the new generation student-centered approach is handled as a high-priority strategic target in all higher education organizations, in terms of capacities and performances. Ranking universities in this respect will positively affect the results of the structural change as well.