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Book SynopsisThis 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.
Table of ContentsSection 1: Setting the StageChapter 1: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the institutional fabric of Higher EducationSection 2: The System's Responses to COVID-19Chapter 2: Evidence, stakeholders and decision making: managing COVID-19 in Irish Higher education Chapter 3: New actors, administrative measures and conflicting agendas: The impact of the pandemic on internationalisation of higher education in Poland and RussiaChapter 4: Highlighting systemic inequalities: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on French Higher Education Chapter 5: Higher education institutions responses to COVID-19 in Uganda: Regulatory tools and adaptive institutionsSection 3: Higher Education Institutions' Responses to COVID-19Chapter 6: Higher Education in Brazil: Institutional actions for the retention of students in public and private sectorsChapter 7: Higher Education in Brazil: Institutional actions for the retention of students in public and private sectorsChapter 8: Internationalization of higher education in Argentina upon the arrival of Covid-19: Reactions and lessons from the perspective of International Relations OfficeChapter 9: University-civic engagement in the time of the pandemicChapter 10: Public Service Resilience in a post-COVID-19 world: The Case of Digital Transformation in Higher EducationChapter 11: Entrepreneurial universities: From research groups to spin-off companies in a time of COVID-19.- Section 4: Actors' Responses to COVID-19Chapter 12: Challenges, Opportunities, and Coping Strategies when Faced with the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study of Academics in Mainland China and Hong KongChapter 13: “We shouldn’t let academia exhaust ourselves anymore!”: Pandemic practices and the changing psychological contract in twenty-first century academiaChapter 14: Moving beyond policy on digital transformation: Perceptions of digital transformation of teaching by academic staff and studentsChapter 15: Remote Universities? Impacts of COVID-19 as experienced by academic leaders in Finland between March 2020 and April 2021Chapter 16: Post-COVID-19: Renegotiating the scope, role, and function of support and development for students in higher education across the globeSection 5: Taking Stock and Moving ForwardChapter 17: Epilogue: COVID-19 and the institutional fabric of higher education.
