Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi, ss.40, Kayseri, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic affected all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
worldwide throughout the unprecedented year of 2020. In Turkey, the Higher
Education Council (HEC), the governmental body responsible for regulating all
universities, both public and private, across the country, decided to interrupt
the spring semester on 16 March 2020and requested universities to shift to
distance education immediately after a three-week break. Following the HEC’s
decision, the Abdullah Gül University (AGU) senior management held many
meetings and formed strategies to ensure the continuation and effective
implementation of university activities during this unexpected crisis. In so
doing, AGU thoroughly analysed the different measures taken by American
and European institutions during this period in order to efficiently plan its own
transition process. AGU held its first virtual/online general academic assembly
meeting on 16 March 2020 to bring together all academics and student groups
with the aim to arrange the continuity of educational and research activities.