The State of Higher Education
One Year into the COVID-19 Pandemic
The higher education experience was markedly different than usual for those enrolling
during the COVID-19 pandemic. Higher education institutions of all kinds found their
instructional methods profoundly disrupted by the closure of their physical campuses,
and the crisis exposed the urgent need for policy makers and institutional leaders
to adjust their established educational and policy models. This report looks at comparative
statistics the OECD has collected across a number of education systems to track developments
in the higher education sector throughout the pandemic.
Published on July 01, 2021