How can the university contribute to building a better future during the COVID-19 pandemic?
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Social embeddedness of universities, Impact of Higher Education, University Mission, Universities as learning organizations, Higher Education and COVID-19, Building Back Better and COVID-19, Higher Education and Development, Supercomplexity and Higher Education, Wicked Challenges and Higher Education, Innovation and Higher EducationAbstract
This article examines the educational impact of COVID-19, highlighting the role of the university in promoting innovation that contributes to not just mitigate the negative effects of the pandemic but to build back better. The author argues that the integration of the university's outreach, research and educational functions, aligned with the aspiration to build back better, will make it possible to increase the relevance of the university, as an institution that helps society face successfully the super complex challenges created by the pandemic.
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