French higher education is confronted to numerous challenges: the constant increase in the number of students, the stagnation of French universities in international rankings, budgetary issues, etc. Dropping out of school or university is an ongoing issue and the professional integration of students has failed to prove its efficiency. In spite of many considerable reforms carried out since 1990 and led by European harmonisation and national autonomisation movements, a feeling of unachieved remains.
This report analyses the way in which institutions of French higher education, for initial and continuous training, can use digital potential efficiently, to enhance the quality of their educational model, better integrate students in the professional world and reinforce French institutions’ attractivity in France and abroad.