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This study examines digital transformation-oriented priorities and practices in Turkish higher education. While digital technologies are gaining importance in every field with Industry 4.0, the business-human-technology relationship has entered the digital transformation process in a broader and systematic framework. Many digital technologies, such as blockchain, big data, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things, have occurred in almost all sectors. While the digital transformation process, accelerated by the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), increases the use and functionality of technology, digital technologies have become indispensable parts of individual and social life. While the digital transformation process increases the need for human resources with digital skills, digital technologies, which have gained importance with digitalization, have also led to the development of new professions. The digital transformation process has affected higher education as well as all sectors. Many digital-dimensional applications such as blockchain, metaverse, and digital twin, where digital technologies gain prominence in higher education, have begun to take their place. Turkish higher education also has a strategic role in the digital transformation process, training human resources, developing education and career relations, and university-industry cooperation. Implementing digital transformation-focused programs in Turkish higher education and training human resources sensitive to the digital economy has become more critical than ever in the digitalizing world. In this context, the first part of the study examines the concept of digital transformation and higher education. The second part reviews Turkish higher education's digital transformation goals and practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the application of digital twin technology as an efficiency model in higher education management in Turkey. Digital twin technology involves creating a virtual model of a physical object, system, or process. Digital twin technology, which models, monitors, and improves the behavior of an object using real-time data, is used in many sectors such as education, healthcare, banking, construction, and energy. In higher education, digital twin technology significantly improves the educational processes of students, faculty members, and administrators and increases their efficiency. In addition, more effective management can be achieved by creating and virtually modeling digital twin campuses. With digital twin technology in higher education management, administrators can benefit from improving education processes, analysis, and quality. On the other hand, digital twin technology helps students develop skills, model university-industry relations, analyze new skill needs in the digital world, and plan and implement education and training in connection with the labor market. Digital twin technology can be used in higher education to improve management processes, operate the system more efficiently, develop educational strategies and optimize resources, and develop decision-making processes based on realistic data. Therefore, digital twin technology offers significant opportunities to increase the efficiency of higher education institutions, improve education quality, and create a competitive higher education structure. The first part of the study examines digital twin technology and its place in higher education management. The second part includes the ITU digital twin project in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]