Managing and responding to pandemics in higher educational institutions: initial learning from COVID-19
Managing and responding to pandemics in higher educational institutions: initial learning from COVID-19
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DOI：
10.1108/ijdrbe-06-2020-0054
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发表时间：
2020-07-16
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Shaw, Rajib
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作者：
Izumi, Takako;Sukhwani, Vibhas;Shaw, Rajib
目的 - 本文的目的是了解在 COVID-19 背景下高等教育机构 (HEI) 面临的主要挑战、方法和教训。设计/方法/方法 - 进行一项调查，以了解在持续的 COVID-19 大流行期间世界各地高等教育机构面临的主要挑战。总共收集了来自 29 个国家的 65 所大学的 150 份回复。调查结果 - 结果显示，47% 的指定大学受访者认为他们的机构缺乏常设或专门的应急管理办公室，41% 的受访者表示他们的高等教育机构缺乏针对紧急情况的一般业务连续性计划。在设有 BCP 的大学中，33% 的计划不涵盖生物危害和流行病风险管理，60% 的计划不包括进行任何高级模拟练习。超过70%的受访者表示他们的指示、信息共享和决策过程是及时和公开的。确定的主要挑战是缺乏针对大流行病的充分准备和针对大流行病的高级模拟演习。接下来的主要挑战是教学模式向在线授课和在家工作的转变。基于这些挑战，提出了一系列短期和长期建议。原创性/价值 - 这是在后 COVID-19 背景下对学术机构进行的首次调查。这些发现将有助于为生物和其他相关危害做好准备。
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to understand the key challenges, approaches and lessons of the higher educational institutions (HEIs) in the context of COVID-19.Design/methodology/approach - A survey was conducted to understand the key challenges being faced by the HEIs around the world during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 150 responses were collected from 65 universities, located in 29 countries.Findings - The results show that 47% of respondents with defined universities believe their institutions lacked a permanent or dedicated emergency management office, arid 41% said their HEIs lacked a general business continuity plan for an emergency. In universities with BCPs, 33% of the plans do not cover biological hazards and pandemic risk management, and 60% of the plans did not include conducting any advanced simulation exercises. More than 70% the responded said their instruction, information sharing and decision-making process were timely and open. The major challenges identified were a lack of adequate preparedness for pandemic and of pandemic-specific advanced simulation exercises. The next major challenges were the change in the mode of teaching to online lectures and working from home. Based on these challenges, a set of short- and long-term recommendations were proposed.Originality/value - This was the first survey in academic institutions in post COVID-19 context. The findings will be useful for preparing for biological and other related hazards.