The Role of Higher Education in Recovery, Resilience, and Prosperity After the Coronavirus

Abstract

This study aims to explore the implications of COVID-19 on higher education and how universities and colleges can be engines of social and environmental transformation. They can do more to help shape new ways for the world by transforming how we interact with the planet in the current and post-pandemic era. The findings from this study indicate that societal and technological progress is driven by the education sector through research and discovery. The measures suggested may assist the higher education providers in recovery efforts. The role of higher education in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals implies that the sustainability agenda must be led with leaders acting with purpose at all levels. As countries begin to move towards recovery, coherent actions analysed in this chapter can place the world on a robust trajectory towards achieving sustainable development. This study can be useful for higher education leaders, researchers, and policy makers in terms of developing contingency plans that can address future pandemics with specific attention to sustainable recovery.