Taking stock: The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on University–Community engagement

Cristofoletti, Evandro Coggo; Pinheiro, Rómulo

doi:10.1177/09504222221119927

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Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on the Institutional Fabric of Higher Education

Pinheiro

Balbachevsky

Pillay

et al. 2023

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

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COVID-19 has provided a historical opportunity to test the resilient nature of higher education (HE) systems and institutions (HEIs) around the world. This at a time when the sector experiences profound structural changes, resulting from major societal transformations such as urbanization, digitalization, de-globalization, political polarization and democratic decline; growing social and economic inequality; demographic decline and, chief amongst all the ‘grand challenges’, climate change and the quest for a more sustainable, equitable and inclusive world economy and society. This chapter provides a conceptual and empirical backdrop for mapping out the types of responses around the globe to the challenges and strategic opportunities brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, so as to help unpack the effects such responses are likely to have on the institutional fabric of HE. In so doing, it is critical to understand how local actors/stakeholders at different levels of analysis (from policy makers to university managers to academics) make sense of (or enact upon) the changing external environment.

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Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on the Institutional Fabric of Higher Education

Pinheiro

Balbachevsky

Pillay

et al. 2023

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

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Higher education response to institutional upheaval: Outcomes of industry collaborations during the COVID-19 pandemic

Bezjian,

Dean,

Ponomarov

et al. 2024

Industry and Higher Education

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Institutional upheaval spurred by the COVID-19 crisis suddenly and dramatically transformed the rules of the game for higher education organizations. The global pandemic thrust colleges and universities into ambiguous institutional environments. Disruption of established routines and supply networks resulted in the near collapse of global supply chains providing personal protective equipment (PPE), particularly N95 masks, needed by healthcare workers on the medical frontlines. This study describes and analyzes higher education and industry (HEI) partnership collaborations that adapted rapidly and responded effectively to meet the critical PPE need. The Citadel, Military College of South Carolina (The Citadel), along with the Tommy and Victoria Baker School of Business (BSB) and its Innovation Lab., engaged in a partnership with medical professionals at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). This partnership successfully manufactured, assembled, and distributed one thousand 3D-printed N95 masks in a crucial 16-week period. The study also shows how organizations in both institutional fields were able to expand dynamic capabilities enabling them to sense opportunities and to seize them by engaging and supporting each other in rapid and effective resource reconfigurations. This HEI collaboration culminated in a memorandum of understanding for ongoing collaboration to develop innovations for future responses to healthcare challenges.

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Ethics in Online Community Engagement Among Marginalized Rural Groups

Mudau

2023

Advances in Social Networking and Online Communities

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This chapter presents the virtual community engagement within rural areas. The methodological implications of this chapter are drawn from empirical research conducted before and during the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the rural areas of Makhado in South Africa. The chapter describes how virtual community engagement impacts communication issues such as social norms, culture, and respect for community leadership structures. Critical discourse analysis was employed to expose the problems of power, position, and dominance during virtual community engagement as a data generation method. Findings are based on technological and other contextual socio-cultural factors in rural communities. A mixture of both virtual and telephonic engagement is the most acceptable option to manage and minimize social injustice among marginalized groups. The chapter closes with recommendations on promoting the voices and rights of the marginalized or vulnerable groups when conducting virtual community engagement.

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Taking stock: The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on University–Community engagement

Cited by 3 publications

References 53 publications

Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on the Institutional Fabric of Higher Education

Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on the Institutional Fabric of Higher Education

Higher education response to institutional upheaval: Outcomes of industry collaborations during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ethics in Online Community Engagement Among Marginalized Rural Groups

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