University leaders, governments, industries and donors use university rankings to assess the success or failure of higher education institutions; however, these rankings tell us nothing about how universities are challenging or amplifying oppression in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This article first examines the implications of the incompatible aims of universities: performing well based on rankings while espousing commitments to equity and anti-oppressive practices. Second, this article proposes co-operatives as a strategy for developing a more equitable and resilient post-secondary education sector. The assumption underpinning this proposal is that without structural changes to higher education, COVID-19 will amplify an already inequitable distribution of resources and lessen the ability of universities to play a responsible role in expanding public debate and increasing understanding of critical issues facing the planet. Co-operatives could be an effective way for the sector to engage with the need to radically alter how we interact with each other and the natural world, both now and beyond the pandemic.

大学领导、政府、行业和捐助者使用大学排名来评估高等教育机构的成败；然而，这些排名并没有告诉我们大学是如何挑战或放大压迫以应对 COVID-19 大流行的。本文首先考察了大学目标不相容的影响：基于排名表现良好，同时支持公平和反压迫实践的承诺。二、本文提出合作社作为发展更加公平和有弹性的中学后教育部门的一项战略。支持该提议的假设是，如果不对高等教育进行结构性改变，COVID-19 将扩大本已不公平的资源分配，并削弱大学在扩大公众辩论和增进对地球面临的关键问题的理解方面发挥负责任作用的能力。合作社可能是该部门参与从根本上改变我们与彼此和自然世界互动方式的有效方式，无论是现在还是在大流行之后。