Public relations

Pedagogy

Higher education policy

Economics

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Corporate governance

Comparative education

Management

Political science

International education

Education policy

Infectious disease (medical specialty)

Sociology

Medicine

Pandemic

Disease

Higher education

Pathology

Higher Education Policy

This Special Issue has chosen the major focus to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected higher education development and governance. The collection of articles in this Special Issue is organized with three key sub-themes, namely, student mobility, teaching and student learning, and university governance. Papers selected in this Issue were presented at different international conferences examining how the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2019 has affected higher education development from international and comparative perspectives. During the international research events, authors contributing their papers to this Special Issue indeed benefitted from the exchanges and dialogues from international peers. Drawing insights from the papers collected in this Special Issue, this introductory article concludes by drawing the implications for future development of international education.

Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education: Critical Reflections