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Ayesha RazzaqueDawn |
Over the last 10 years, several university faculty members have made the transition from academia to leadership positions
The appointment of university vice-chancellors in Pakistan is a game of musical chairs.
Never has a country righted its ship of public education on the back of charity.
Outrage at foreign assessment boards is misplaced.
Even a mediocre degree programme navigated with mission and purpose is better than foregoing university entirely.
Estimates, which inform decisions about the export of agricultural products, vary widely and have led to bad calls.
When rules are broken, the public is told that the end justifies the means. But what end has all this rule-breaking achieved?
When universities disband officially sanctioned student representation, the vacuum it creates gets filled by something more