Abstract

Introduction: The spread of the covid-19 epidemic caused fundamental changes at various levels, including the levels of health and higher education. In many countries of the world, universities and institutions of higher education faced challenges in order to continue the educational affairs and educational management of their institutions, and they used various strategies to manage these challenges. The purpose of this study is to identify these strategies.
Materials & Methods: a review study with the keywords : management, strategy, education, and covid-19, Strategy Management, education, covid-19, in Magiran, Iran doc, and sid Pubmed databases. ˛Scopus, direct science and Google Scholar in the last 6 years . After searching the mentioned databases, the studies were included in the research based on the entry criteria, then the text of the articles was read and an abstract consisting of the title, year of publication, country under study, research samples and the educational strategy used was prepared. To check the quality of the articles, the PRISMA guidelines were used for reviewing systematic review studies.
Results: In general, the strategies were identified and classified as including 4 areas of human resources, teaching, health safety, and financial and psychological support. Strategies in the field of human resources have generally been centered around the work shift arrangement of educational staff and its method. Teaching strategies have mostly been based on distance education. Health safety strategies are focused on observing social distancing, disinfecting educational facilities and screening employees and students, and financial and psychological strategies are generally in the form of reducing the cost of students and employees and psychological counseling.
Conclusion: Higher education in Iran, in line with the world, should focus and invest on the use of electronic education and its development so that it can manage its higher education in the Covid-19 pandemic..