A Delphi method on the positive impact of COVID-19 on higher education institutions: Perceptions of academics from Malaysia

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered the education sector. Rather than the impact of COVID-19, many higher education institutions (HEIs) are on the verge of insolvency due to a lack of digital transformation readiness and poor business models. The bleak financial future many HEIs will face while others may be forced to close their doors completely will erode HEIs’ ability to fulfil their societal responsibilities. However, HEIs that have survived and maintained their operations anticipate the transition to online learning or the effects of any economic crisis, including university closures in the short, medium, or long term. The entire educational ecosystem was forced to transform its operations quickly and entirely to an online teaching-learning scenario in just a few weeks. Nota

SUBMITTER: Tee M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9650376 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature