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The Impact of Covid-19 on the Institutional Fabric of Higher Education

Old Patterns, New Dynamics, and Changing Rules?

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Shows how the Covid-19 pandemic caught higher education institutions by surprise

  • Maps out the responses of higher education institutions to the challenges brought about by the pandemic

  • Brings together scholars from across the world

  • This book is open access

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
  2. Setting the Stage

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on the Institutional Fabric of Higher Education

      • Rómulo Pinheiro, Elizabeth Balbachevsky, Pundy Pillay, Akiyoshi Yonezawa
      Pages 3-36Open Access
  3. Higher Education Institutions’ Responses to Covid-19

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
    2. Higher Education in Brazil: Institutional Actions for the Retention of Students in Public and Private Sectors

      • Maria-Ligia Barbosa, Eduardo Henrique Narciso Borges, Adriane Gouvea, Felícia Picanço, Leonardo Rodrigues, André Vieira
      Pages 143-171Open Access
    3. University-Civic Engagement in the Time of the Pandemic

      • David Charles
      Pages 223-243Open Access
    4. Public Service Resilience in a Post-COVID-19 World: Digital Transformation in Nordic Higher Education

      • Michael Oduro Asante, Sudeepika Wajirakumari Samarathunga Liyanapathiranage, Rómulo Pinheiro
      Pages 245-267Open Access
  4. Actors’ Responses to Covid-19

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 293-293
    2. Remote Universities? Impacts of COVID-19 as Experienced by Academic Leaders in Finland

      • Elias Pekkola, Taru Siekkinen, Motolani Peltola, Harri Laihonen, Emmi-Niina Kujala
      Pages 365-387Open Access

About this book

This open access book assesses how the Covid-19 pandemic caught higher education systems throughout the world by surprise. It maps out the responses of higher education institutions to the challenges and strategic opportunities brought about by the pandemic, and examines the effects such responses may have. Bringing together scholars and case studies from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, the book is both comparative and global in nature. It also brings together researchers from a variety of disciplinary fields, including political scientists, historians, economists, sociologist, and anthropologists. In doing so, the book fosters an inter-disciplinary dialogue and inclusive methodological approach for unpacking the complexities associated with modern higher education systems and institutions.

Keywords

  • Covid-19
  • Global higher education
  • Universities
  • Strategic responses
  • Resilience
  • Open Access

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science and Management, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway

    Rómulo Pinheiro

  • Department of Political Science & Institute for Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Elizabeth Balbachevsky

  • Graduate School of Public and Development, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Pundy Pillay

  • International Strategy Office, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

    Akiyoshi Yonezawa

About the editors

Rómulo Pinheiro is Professor of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Agder, Norway. 

Elizabeth Balbachevsky is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. 

Pundy Pillay is Professor of Economics and Public Finance at Wits University, South Africa. 

Akiyoshi Yonezawa is Professor and Vice-Director at the International Strategy Office, Tohoku University, Japan.

Bibliographic Information

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