Turnover at Australian universities - is it a wave?

The fatigue of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic shockwaves felt throughout higher education has been a heavy weight to shoulder. One result of this pressure, coupled with issues of work and life balance, is that higher education institutions in Australia are experiencing a flurry of resignations at top administrative levels.

Reading about Australia raises red flags about similar resignations of higher education leaders throughout the world. Senior leaders are generally older and may have stayed in their positions into later years because they enjoyed the work and were so fulfilled in doing it. Unfortunately, the joy has gone out of much of the work because of pressures brought about by the pandemic. Should colleges and universities elsewhere begin contingency planning before their upper administrative leadership is depleted?