Leading the many, considering the few

Abstract

The global COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world we live in in the most invasive ways. Higher education institutions around the globe are faced with new emerging questions about successful leadership, particularly when it comes to the international campus population in times of crisis. Supported by Grounded Theory, this comparative case study illuminates how university presidents from five different countries are informed in their perceptions of the international students on their campuses during the COVID-19 crisis. The results of the study will produce policy implications informing how higher education leaders can navigate global crises while simultaneously best serving their international student populations.

Leading the way–Understanding women’s university leadership during crisis through a feminist educational leadership lens

“…The metaphor of the opportunity within every crisis may be overused at this point, yet it cannot be denied that COVID-19 has provided and continues to provide a neverbefore seen opportunity to examine educational leadership in various national and 10.3389/feduc.2022.982952 global contexts (Marshall J. et al, 2020). The literary corpus on university presidents as leaders during COVID-19 is small, but growing with some studies focusing on specific national backgrounds (Dumulescu and Muţiu, 2021;Schiffecker et al, 2022), others on general leadership mechanics (Fernandez and Shaw, 2020;Strielkowski and Wang, 2020;Antonopoulou et al, 2021;McNaughtan et al, 2022) or specific areas within presidential leadership that have become relevant during a global pandemic. For example, the transition to online learning (Almaiah et al, 2020;Basilaia et al, 2020;Cheng et al, 2020;Wrighton and Lawrence, 2020) and crisis communication (Hussain, 2014;Gigliotti, 2019;Thelen and Robinson, 2019).…”