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What is Loosely-Coupled Systems

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Assessing University Governance and Policies in Relation to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Loose coupling allows systems to remain relatively independent of changes in the environment. They resist both internal and external pressure for change.
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Avoiding the Mediocrity Pact: Another Crisis in Higher Education
Victor Meyer, Jr. (Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Brazil), J. Patrick Murphy (DePaul University, USA), and Bernardo Meyer (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 12
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8279-4.ch008
Abstract
This chapter identifies a problem in higher education affecting all levels of participants from student to trustee. It is a condition where teachers pretend they are teaching, and students pretend they are learning. Brazilian anthropologist Darcy Ribeiro observed education in Brazil, identifying one of its maladies in coining the expression “O Pacto da Mediocridade” — the Mediocrity Pact. Cohen and March analyzed universities characterizing them as organized anarchies. The chapter conceptualizes the term and provides examples of the pact in action in the COVID-19 pandemic context. The authors identified problems challenging higher education management and suggested strategies to overcome the pact. Finally, they emphasize the higher education benefits of citizenship, better appreciation of culture and arts, and learning to live peacefully in a democratic and changing society.
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