STEERing into the Swerve: Adjusting to the Challenges and Opportunities Forced by COVID-19

Authors

  • Roberta Malee Bassett World Bank

Keywords:

Resilience, adaptation, crisis, outcomes, innovation, tertiary education

Abstract

“Drivers” of tertiary education found themselves swerving dangerously and, seemingly, uncontrollably during the pandemic. The action required to regain control over a vehicle when sliding is to steer into the swerve. For higher education leaders around the world, STEERing into the COVID-19 swerve means acknowledging that the crisis pushed tertiary education off its path, resulting in a need for innovative, open-minded thinking to reposition tertiary systems and institutions onto a new one.

Author Biography

Roberta Malee Bassett, World Bank

Roberta Malee Bassett is global lead for tertiary education at the World Bank. E-mail: rbassett@worldbank.org.

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Published

2022-07-11

How to Cite

Bassett, R. (2022). STEERing into the Swerve: Adjusting to the Challenges and Opportunities Forced by COVID-19. International Higher Education, (111), 15–17. Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/15329

Issue

No. 111 (2022): Summer Issue

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Articles

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