Editorial: Changing higher education, from longstanding matters to future evolutions

Abstract

Higher education has always been sensitive to economic, social, political and cultural developments in the society. Higher education systems and individual universities have been struggling to survive the forces of change emanating from these developments. The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be a huge force impacting higher education governance and policy around the globe. International scholarly exchange of knowledge, experience and observation is expected to contribute to rethinking higher education governance and policy in the post-pandemic era. Committed to open science, the Higher Education Governance and Policy (HEGP) aims at contributing to the process of rethinking higher education in the post-pandemic era. In this issue we covered five articles from various country contexts, which we hope to contribute to the international exchange of knowledge on higher education governance and policy.