Living in Uncertainty: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Higher Education in Hong Kong

Autor/inn/en	Jung, Jisun; Horta, Hugo; Postiglione, Gerard A.
Titel	Living in Uncertainty: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Higher Education in Hong Kong
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 46 (2021) 1, S.107-120 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2020.1859685
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; COVID-19; Pandemics; Higher Education; Disease Control; College Faculty; Interpersonal Relationship; Institutional Characteristics; Online Courses; Electronic Learning; Teleconferencing; School Closing; Political Influences; Social Influences; Economic Factors; Public Health; Reflection; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Fakultät; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Online course; Online-Kurs; Telekonferenz; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Sozialer Einfluss; Ökonomischer Faktor; Gesundheitswesen; Hongkong
Abstract	Amongst all jurisdictions, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China has been one of the most effective in limiting cases of COVID-19, despite being one of the first places to be affected by the pandemic in early 2020. In the months since the first case was confirmed, COVID-19 has affected all aspects of Hong Kong society, including the higher education sector. In this collective reflective essay, we describe the effects of these unexpected external events on academics' lives and the responses of higher education institutions. Specifically, we address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on academics, their professional relationships, institutional frameworks, and Hong Kong's higher education sector as a whole. We conclude that the most significant effect of the pandemic is "uncertainty," together with new realities expressed in sayings such as 'living with Zoom, learning from webinars'; 'you will be informed "in due course"', stay calm "until further notice"'; and 'people are stuck, but business is on steroids'. The essay further describes a three-pronged institutional reaction to the pandemic, focused on "control," "support," and "positioning." It concludes with critical views on the way 'useful' knowledge in today's higher education is defined and how concepts and practices have been challenged during the pandemic. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01