Abstract
Researchers admit that there will not be a quick return to “business as usual”, especially related to internationalization, the financing of studies and universities, research and administration. The enabling research question is formulated as following: What is the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and university governance? The aim of the article is to examine the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and university governance underpinning the elaboration of implications for higher education. The study was of the qualitative nature. The exploratory study was implemented. The study was carried out in Germany on the 22nd September 2020. Focus group interview served as a method of data collection. The data were interpreted via structuring and summarising content analysis. The theoretical finding is that the COVID-19 pandemic is a factor that influences the university governance. The COVID-19 pandemic is an external factor in regard to university governance. Factor impact can be regulated. Factor impact can be increased or decreased according to the situation requirements. The empirical data allow concluding that the COVID-19 pandemic fastens the changes in governing the universities in Germany. Implications for higher education are presented. Research limitations are identified. Directions of further research are proposed.
Highlights
The outbreak of COVID-19 in the world has led to the unprecedented changed in people’s lives
The theoretical finding is that the COVID-19 pandemic is a factor that influences the university governance
The COVID-19 pandemic is an external factor in regard to the university governance
Summary
The outbreak of COVID-19 in the world has led to the unprecedented changed in people’s lives. Many people have experienced rapid transformations in many aspects of their lives: working conditions, shopping, travelling, finance, etc. Higher education has been significantly adapted to the new situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Higher education is conventionally delivered by higher education institutions. “Higher education institutions” and “universities” are used synonymously in this work. The first university reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 was expressed by the full lockdown: university staff and students were not allowed entering university campus and premises. The corona lockdown has interrupted usual university processes in almost all areas, namely teaching, university management, laboratory work, etc.
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