The Future of the Higher Education Sector in Australia

Abstract

COVID-19 has resulted in disruption of higher education sector in Australia. This study offers a conceptual paper looking at how the distance education system has evolved over the years and reached where it is now. COVID-19 has disrupted the traditional forms of teaching and learning and fast tracked the online teaching and learning models. This paper explores the challenges faced by the higher education sector during the COVID times, the strategies adopted by universities/colleges to survive as an industry. The paper also explores the future of the higher education sector and the role digitalization may play in post- COVID times.