Historians cite that formal education was mandatory for everyone regardless of social class and gender. Higher education, also called tertiary, third stage, or postsecondary education, is the non-compulsory educational level that follows the completion of a school such as a high school or secondary school. Tertiary education is normally taken to include undergraduate and postgraduate education, as well as vocational education and training.

• The European Age of Empires saw European ideas of education in philosophy, religion, arts and sciences spread out across the globe.
• Automation technologies and their application may render certain currently taught skills and knowledge redundant while increasing the need for other curricula – such as material related to the application of automation.
• The Human Capital Project is a global effort to accelerate more and better investments in people for greater equity and economic growth.

An important reason for moving to formal forms of education is due to …