AUTHOR=Zhang Xiudi , Tian Xiaoming 

TITLE=The Challenges of Chinese University Leaders During the COVID-19 Pandemic Period: A Case Study Approach

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.881969

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.881969

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=The outbreak of COVID-19 had a profound impact on the practice of university leadership in China. Five leaders were interviewed about their challenges at Z University. The challenges they faced manifested in the government’s closed management requirements and the students’ demands for freedom of entry and exit, the dynamic and flexible disciplinary development and the rigid teaching evaluation, and big data-enabled governance and the habit of human experience-oriented management. In response to these challenges, this study proposes suggestions for Z university leaders in the post-pandemic era: establishing rules and regulations with a relaxed degree, tolerating ambiguity in online teaching, improving the ability of intelligent technology, and taking opportunities to learn.