Navigating the Vortex of 21st century higher education: Developing effective management and teaching strategies within the space where post-pandemic meets post modernism

This paper analyses sociologically, the vortex created by the intersection of the postmodern and post COVID-19 pandemic environment.The emerging behaviour of individuals engaged in higher education is discussed and analysed to uncover some of the psycho-social issues that affect higher education.Qualitative enquiries were done on two main areas of the teaching/learning environment of behavioursocial and mental, as well as institutional financial systems.A "greening" of the accounting systems in higher education institutions to include the costing of social areas such as drop-out and frustration experienced by students, caused by the administrative operations of institutions of higher learning, was recommended as a result.A rationale for the need to re-examine the social structure of society was posited, using the theories of canonical sociological theorists as well as psycho-social interventions to ensure quality tertiary education.