The COVID-19 Epidemic as a Lever for the Renewal of Higher Education in the State of Israel
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v24i1.6759Keywords:
higher education, HE scenarios, education, start-up nationAbstract
The State of Israel is currently considered a “start-up nation” that stands out in the proportion of educated people with a tertiary education (which currently stands at 50.1% compared to OECD countries at 38.6%), which constitutes an essential and central growth engine in the entire Israeli economy. two years ago, on 12/03/2020, As a result of the COVID-19 epidemic, the higher education system moved to a state of online emergency teaching in which educational and organizational processes were accelerated.
The purpose of this research is to discuss how the higher education system in Israel is dealing with the systemic changes that have been made over the past three years While referring to the role of the institutions to equip the graduates with the skills and characteristics necessary to strengthen the status of Israel’s “start-up nation”.
