Management and Administration of Higher Education Institutions in Times of Change

Anna Visvizi is Associate Professor, Deree College - The American College of Greece, and Visiting Researcher at Effat University, Saudi Arabia. Her expertise covers issues relevant to the intersection of politics, economics and ICT. Miltiadis D. Lytras is Research Professor at Deree College - The American College of Greece and Visiting Researcher at Effat University, Saudi Arabia. His expertise covers cognitive computing, information systems and technology enabled innovation. Akila Sarirete is Assistant Professor at the Computer Science Department and Dean for Graduate Studies and Research at Effat University, Saudi Arabia. Her expertise covers knowledge management, communities of practice, natural language processing, knowledge-based systems and ontologies.

• 1. Introduction: Emerging Technologies and Higher Education: Management and Administration in Focus; Anna Visvizi, Miltiadis D. Lytras and Akila Saritete 2. How Can Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) Engender Enterprising Behaviour from within Under-represented Communities? Emma O’Brien and Thomas Cooney 3. From Content- to Competence-oriented Design of HE Curricula: Leadership in Times of Transition; Àngels Fitó-Bertran and Mª Jesús Martínez-Argüelles 4. University Social Responsibility from the Industrial Value Creation Program Perspective; Ying-Jiun Hsieh, Yenchun Jim Wu, Lan-Ying Huan and Chia-Fen Chang 5. Four Obstacles to Improving the Quality of University Education: The Case of Hungary; Peter Mihályi 6. A Happy Dean's Office: But Is There One? The Case of Polish HEIs; Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska and Ewa Wiśniewska 7. Thriving in Higher Education: Creating the New Normal Through Resilience; Jennifer Moss Breen 8. Innovation in the Quality Life Cycle of Higher Education Institutions: The Case of Effat University;  Haifa R. Jamal Al-lail and Eman A. A. Mohamed 9. Entrepreneurial University and Organizational Innovation: The Case of Arabian Gulf University, BahrainOdeh Al-Jayyousi, Adel Al-Alawi, Soud Al-Mahamid and Afaf Bugawa 10. Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Transformation of the Higher Education Institutions: The Case of Mexico; Miguel Torres-Ruiz and Marco Moreno-Ibarra 11. Transitioning to Digital Games-based Learning: The Case of Scottish Universities; Aishah Abdul Razak, Mohamad Izani Zainal Abidin and Thomas M. Connolly 12. Managing Student Engagement at HEI: The Case of CURPA; Marco Spruit and Patrick Joosten 13. By Means of Conclusion: ICT at the Service of Higher Education in a Transforming World; Anna Visvizi, Miltiadis D. Lytras and Akila Saritete