ERIC Number: EJ1432749
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-2474-2546
EISSN: EISSN-2474-2554
Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Institutional Responses and Instructional Changes to Address COVID-19 among a Rural Midwestern University
Shiyu Sun; Ananya Tiwari; Rodney Hopson; Nidia Ruedas-Gracia
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education, v9 n1 p18-41 2024
In response to COVID-19, post-secondary institutions went through a widespread transition to online and remote learning to address the immediate effects of disruption in the teaching and learning environment. This study aims to map the changes and challenges in the areas of responses to students' psychological needs, responses to students' academic needs, and responses to minoritized students' needs from institutional leaders', teaching faculties', and teaching assistants' perspectives via a qualitative approach. The results suggest that institutional leaders and instructors perceived a decrease in academic motivation and increase in social isolation among students during COVID-19 especially from minoritized backgrounds. Implications and guidance on future university policies and programs to help preserve educational quality of instruction and mitigate educational inequities are discussed. [Note: The page range (1-24) shown on the PDF is incorrect. The correct page range is 18-41.]
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Responses, Rural Education, Educational Change, Institutional Autonomy, Student Needs, Student School Relationship, Minority Group Students, Attitudes, Higher Education, Instructional Leadership, College Faculty, Teaching Assistants, Teaching Methods
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education. 6 Delgreen Court, Nottingham, MD 21236. Web site: https://www.ojed.org/index.php/jimphe
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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