The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on higher education: Opportunities and implications for policy and practice

Abstract

Background/purpose – Besides many psychological, sociocultural, political, and economic problems, the COVID-19 pandemic has also led to radical changes in education systems worldwide, and the current pandemic has probably revealed the biggest education crisis in human history The COVID-19 pandemic also offered significant opportunities to redesign higher education and to develop and implement effective teaching-learning strategies The purpose of this article is to discuss the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education from a global perspective