Universities and Covid-19 in Argentina: from community engagement to regulation

This paper assesses how Argentine public universities responded to the crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic in three dimensions: teaching and learning, scientific research and community engagement, and internationalization activities. For each of the dimensions, the actions developed, and the challenges...

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Autor: Perrotta, Daniela Vanesa
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Argentina
Recursos:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/121676
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/121676
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:ARGENTINA
COVID-19
GOVERNANCE
HIGHER EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY
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Resumo:This paper assesses how Argentine public universities responded to the crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic in three dimensions: teaching and learning, scientific research and community engagement, and internationalization activities. For each of the dimensions, the actions developed, and the challenges encountered are presented. I argue that the response was quick and consistent: it is related to an academic culture that is framed in the right to university, both individual right (access, permanence, and graduation to all citizens) and collective right (benefit socio-community development). The article concludes with a preliminary analysis of the agenda items to advance regulations and policies. On several occasions a self-reflective exercise is carried out, as part of a community that is going through this situation of extraordinary urgency.