The Palgrave Handbook of Crisis Leadership in Higher Education

“A phoenix rising from the ashes that captures hope and better things to come as leaders manoeuvre their way out of the multiple crises worldwide is the image that best captures this unique read. The diverse narratives articulate challenging circumstances across familiar and unfamiliar contexts but also provide possibilities for regeneration and renewal, which is a refreshing quality of this unique publication.”—Tania Aspland,  Vice President (Academic), Kaplan Business School and Kaplan Higher Education, Australia

“This work is encyclopaedic. It is undoubtedly the most complete work in the field I have read to date. I have no doubt it will become a standard reference work. It ranges widely in its selections, drawing upon the results of research conducted with small groups as well as on large institutions and organisations. Overall, the work is an extremely important contribution to the area of leadership.”—Tom O’Donoghue, Professor Emeritus, The University of Western Australia

This handbook provides a frame of reference for the global challenges facing higher education leadership today. Focusing on recommendations and directions for the future rather than simply a recap of measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic, the contributors also delve into contexts such as the climate crisis, issues of diversity, equity and inclusion, digitalisation, funding and marketisation, the war in Ukraine and China-Taiwan and Hong Kong tensions. They collate a systematic, global view of higher education systems during the pandemic and beyond, and explore possibilities for the future, providing recommendations for ‘the new normal’. With contributions from across six continents, the book will be of interest to students and scholars of higher education and governance, university leaders, government and accreditation bodies, and anyone else interested in reflecting on the past few years in higher education and the road ahead.

Jürgen Rudolph is Director of Research and Learning Innovation at Kaplan Singapore.

Joseph Crawford is Senior Lecturer in Management, Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education), University of Tasmania, Australia.

Sam Choon Yin is Dean (Academic Partnerships), Kaplan Singapore.

Shannon Tan is Research Executive at Kaplan Singapore.