espanolLa nueva normalidad impulsada por el COVID-19, conlleva a reflexionar sobre el estado actual de universidades publicas venezolanas ubicadas en ciudades fronterizas. Desde un enfoque cualitativo e interpretativo; se triangulan opiniones desde una cosmovision particular, para interpretar percepciones, valoraciones y concretar resultados intelectualmente coherentes sobre un fenomeno en escenarios complejos. Las Universidades venezolanas, trabajan por sobrevivir y mantenerse activas; sus actores padecen desmotivacion y mantienen nula capacidad de respuesta ante un entorno que exige. La virtualidad de la educacion arropa espacios ante escasez de tecnologia y recursos, sin posibilidades de actualizacion. Es inminente el desgaste, y la lenta destruccion acelera su paso. Los pueblos fronterizos agonizan, y la educacion como bien publico, es cada vez menos sostenible. EnglishFaced with the new normal promoted by COVID-19, it is proposed to reflect, from a critical perspective, on the current state of Venezuelan public universities located in border cities. From a qualitative and interpretive approach; opinions are triangulated from a particular worldview, to interpret perceptions, conceptualizations, valuations and specify intellectually coherent results about a phenomenon that takes place in complex settings. Venezuelan Universities work to survive and stay active; its actors suffer demotivation driven by a government that hits, and by institutional deficiencies in an environment that demands no response capacity from university students. The virtuality of education covers the spaces; scarcity of technology and resources, without possibilities of updating. Attrition is imminent, and slow destruction quickens its pace. Border towns are dying, and education as a public good is less and less sustainable