AERA Annual Meeting: How Universities Partnered With K–12 Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Chile, Mexico, Russia, Qatar, and the United States

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How Universities Partnered With K–12 Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Chile, Mexico, Russia, Qatar, and the United States

Sat, April 23, 11:30am to 1:00pm PDT (11:30am to 1:00pm PDT), International Relations Committee Virtual Rooms, International Relations Committee Virtual Paper Session Room

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium will examine how universities around the world partnered with school systems for the purpose of supporting the continuation of educational opportunity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The panel will include case studies focusing on Chile, Mexico, Russia, Qatar and the United States, and a paper summarizing a cross-case analysis of studies of twenty-two universities, as well as a survey administered to a sample of one hundred universities focusing on the university response during the first year of the pandemic.
The focus of the panel is to examine the socially embedded nature of the university, as a learning organization, in the context of a high impact unexpected shock in the external environment.

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International Relations Committee

Chair

Fernando M. Reimers, Harvard University

Papers

Discussant

Jari Lavonen, University of Helsinki