Experience of (for) science and higher education in times of the coronavirus crisis causing COVID-19 disease

2021 ◽  
pp. 136-150
Author(s):  
Jolanta Itrich-Drabarek ◽  
Stanisław Mazur
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Effective Vaccine ◽  
Local Administration ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Scientific World ◽  
Independent Expert ◽  
State And Society ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
The World ◽  
State And Local

The coronavirus causing COVID-19 disease, among many other effects, has re-evaluated the world of science and higher education. Experts representing the world of science have become indispensable for developing strategies to fight the pandemic, and their knowledge has become valuable not only for developing and producing an effective vaccine. Relying on modern and innovative facilities of higher education institutions, representatives of the business sector, state and local administration and science, must jointly participate in finding practical solutions to the problems of the state and society. Countries affected by the pandemic need such a system of research and higher education, in which science will serve social and economic development, university graduates will find absorbing work, and those in power will benefit from an independent expert base, regardless of which political option is at the helm of government. Given the new challenges faced by researchers and higher education in times of the coronavirus pandemic that causes COVID-19 disease and the changing economic and social conditions resulting from the pandemic, this paper examines the role and importance of the scientific world both during and after the pandemic.

Towards a Paradigm Shift in Higher Education in the MENA Region

2014 ◽  
pp. 8-30
Author(s):  
Hayat Al-Khatib
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
The World ◽  
Knowledge And Technology Transfer

Higher education in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has not been able to deliver the needed knowledge and technology transfer to generate productivity and innovation in this part of the world (Arab Economic and Social Summit, 2009; Thomson and Reuters, 2007). Youth unemployment in the MENA region remains the highest in the world, with the Middle East rating 21% and North Africa rating 25%, out of whom one-third are university graduates (World Bank, 2013). The chapter aims to address issues pertaining to the need to shift perspective in higher education in the MENA region, in the light of its growing importance as a developing entity with natural and human resources. The chapter identifies the role of higher education, in policies and practice, in addressing the needs of the region and transforming its resources, human and physical, to further its economic development.

scholarly journals ECHO Education: A Multisectoral Effort Ensuring Educational Success During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-15
Author(s):  
Edward Harris
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Educational Success ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
National State ◽  
The World ◽  
State And Local

Unforeseen challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have taken asignificant toll on people across the world. This essay deals with a holistic,multisectoral effort that one US higher education institution took to collaboratewith national, state, and local entities in order to serve their State’s constituentsduring the pandemic. The goal of this essay is to describe this endeavor as amodel that can serve other sectors, agencies and institutions worldwide.

scholarly journals VALUE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AS A DEMAND FACTOR

2019 ◽  
pp. 71-79
Author(s):  
Larisa Pavlovna Gvozdareva ◽  
Roman Sarkisovich Khanjyan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
The World ◽  
Best Teachers

The article highlights the problem of quality of higher education in domestic universities that cannot be solved exclusively by educational institutions, because it requires to change the environment. Consumers of higher education are willing to pay for its value, depending on the career prospects and earnings of graduates. Success in career and earnings for consumers of higher education is determined by their productivity as employees or as entrepreneurs in private business. The effectiveness of University graduates depends on competition in the labor market among employers, competition for consumers and universities competition for the best teachers. Countries with a relatively high share of the public sector also presented low figures of labor productivity due to sluggish competition for skilled labor among firms and low motivation of consumers of higher education to acquire high qualifications. The ability of universities to realize their potential in creating value for consumers depends on the degree of their autonomy from government regulation. Russian universities, which are subject to a heavy burden of state regulation, for this reason may lose in global competition to foreign universities. The increase in the degree of economic freedom has a positive impact on wages in various countries of the world. Freedom from government regulation and control allows universities to make effective decisions that contribute to creating value for consumers at the lowest cost, which positively affects the efficiency of their graduates. The most important resource of universities in the process of production of utility for consumers are highly qualified scientists who are able to create innovations that bring the highest return among other investments. The growth of teachers' salaries is accompanied by the growth of the rating among universities on the quality of higher education. Attractive salary for scientists combined with high requirements for their qualifications in the best universities in the world, allows you to select the best staff for training students and produce the most effective specialists.

Social Glocalisation and Education

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Hobelsberger
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Practical Theology ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Local Effects ◽  
Local Identities ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Work Health

This book discusses the local effects of globalisation, especially in the context of social work, health and practical theology, as well as the challenges of higher education in a troubled world. The more globalised the world becomes, the more important local identities are. The global becomes effective in the local sphere. This phenomenon, called ‘glocalisation’ since the 1990s, poses many challenges to people and to the social structures in which they operate.

COVID-19: The Unprecedented Malady-A Holistic Review

Coronaviruses ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 01 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viney Chawla ◽  
Pooja A Chawla
Keyword(s):  
Virus Disease ◽  
Drug Repurposing ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Effective Vaccine ◽  
Runny Nose ◽  
Difficult Time ◽  
Holistic Review ◽  
The World ◽  
Spanish Flu ◽  
Corona Viruses

Background: Corona virus disease (COVID-19) is spreading rapidly at an unprecedented scale across continents and has emerged as the single biggest risk the world has faced in modern times. Some scientists are comparing it to Spanish flu that created havoc around a century ago. The fear of death by COVID-19 looms large at the world today. The disease has reached devastating proportions since its first reports in December 2019. Doctors are having a difficult time dealing with this challenge and the microbiologists are having sleepless nights to bring about an effective vaccine for this disease. Methods: A number of research and review articles have been exhaustively reviewed. The collected data was meticulously analysed and documented. Conclusion: This paper reviews the different types of corona viruses, the structure of SARS-CoV-2 responsible for COVID19, its transmission, virulence. Further, the article discusses the diagnosis, signs and symptoms like fever, breathlessness, cough, potential loss of taste or smell, sneezing, runny nose, fatigue, headache, sore throat and different treatment approaches including drug repurposing being tried by doctors around the globe that may come handy in the management of disease symptoms. The article describes the use of remdesivir, ribavarin, lopinavir, favipiravir, hydoxychloroquine, chloroquine, tocilizumab among others in treating COVID-19.

Critical Insight into the Attributes of Emerging Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in India and Across the World

Coronaviruses ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
Gaurav M. Doshi ◽  
Hemen S. Ved ◽  
Ami P. Thakkar
Keyword(s):  
Review Article ◽  
World Health ◽  
Effective Vaccine ◽  
Human Contact ◽  
The World ◽  
Critical Insight ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Old Drugs

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently announced the spread of novel coronavirus (nCoV) globally and has declared it a pandemic. The probable source of transmission of the virus, which is from animal to human and human to human contact, has been established. As per the statistics reported by the WHO on 11th April 2020, data has shown that more than sixteen lakh confirmed cases have been identified globally. The reported cases related to nCoV in India have been rising substantially. The review article discusses the characteristics of nCoV in detail with the probability of potentially effective old drugs that may inhibit the virus. The research may further emphasize and draw the attention of the world towards the development of an effective vaccine as well as alternative therapies. Moreover, the article will help to bridge the gap between the new researchers since it’s the current thrust area of research.

Educational Entrepreneurs in Tamil Nadu - A Profile

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siluvai Raja
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Education System ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
The United States ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World

Education has been considered as an indispensable asset of every individual, community and nation today. Indias higher education system is the third largest in the world, after China and the United States (World Bank). Tamil Nadu occupies the first place in terms of possession of higher educational institutions in the private sector in the country with over 46 percent(27) universities, 94 percent(464) professional colleges and 65 percent(383) arts and science colleges(2011). Studies to understand the profile of the entrepreneurs providing higher education either in India or Tamil Nadu were hardly available. This paper attempts to map the demographic profile of the entrepreneurs providing higher education in Arts and Science colleges in Tamil Nadu through an empirical analysis, carried out among 25 entrepreneurs spread across the state. This paper presents a summary of major inferences of the analysis.

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