Impact of the pandemic on the performance of students in higher education courses

The pandemic of COVID-19 forced all countries to establish quarantine protocols. Educational institutions around the world have had to adapt to some form of remote learning. In the study presented here, all students at a higher education institution specializing in business courses in Sao Paulo/Brazil were moved to the synchronous remote teaching modality. This movement generated several impacts on the assessment process, particularly on final averages and passed rates and attendance. These impacts were uneven depending on the type of content of each subject. This study used databases of grades and absences, as well as interviews with professors and course coordinators. This article seeks to integrate with other national studies on the impact of the pandemic on education, bringing quantitative data, taking as an example a Brazilian higher education institution.