Gearing up higher education for a more resilient future post COVID-19

• Main Authors: SUWARDY, Themin, TOMAR, Avantika, DAS, Neemee
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: COVID-19; COVID-19 and higher education; recovery; internationalisation strategy; international student mobility; digital transformation; Accounting; Higher Education; International and Comparative Education
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/1945; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soa_research/article/2972/viewcontent/2021_Issue_2_Article_2_Suwardy_Tomar_Das.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Education is premised on an institution’s ability to gather faculty and students, and to provide space and opportunities to produce and disseminate knowledge. Besides its direct medical and healthcare impact, COVID-19 has been a significant disruptor to the higher education sector. This paper highlights its impact on international student mobility, international collaborations, and the delivery of teaching and learning. To successfully ride out the recovery, institutions will need to build resilient strategies to operate in the new, post-COVID normal by engaging with stakeholders, ensuring financial sustainability, and embracing purposeful digital transformation in university operations, teaching, and learning.