Challenges faced by the colombian public university during the pandemic

In this chapter, the authors present an analysis of the challenges faced by public universiti es amid the health crisis experienced in the country due to the SAR-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
In the fi rst place, they discuss the fi nancial difficulties to respond to the strengthening of remote eduction, and the importance of free tuition for students. In the second place, they address the challenges in terms of educational quality in atypical conditions. Thirdly, they discuss the possibilti es of returning to campus gradually and safely. At the end, they highlight the learning reached by institutions during the pandemic. Solidarity and collective work outstand as essenti al values to project university intititu ons with changing systems in a social context marked by uncertainty.