Harvard and UNC race cases present test for US Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court is set to consider whether colleges may continue to use race as a factor in student admissions in two cases that give its conservative majority a…
University quality
Following my appointment as the founding chairman of the Higher Education Commission in 2002, the highest priority was given to four aspects of education in our universities: improving the quality…
A new university bets on a hybrid online-learning model
Offering a twist on the learn-from-anywhere convenience of Internet classes, a new university is asking freshmen to take a large leap of faith. Minerva Schools of KGI, a radically experimental…
The great incumbent replacement
Political scientists are obsessed with trying to understand the socio-political world we live in. Oftentimes, they emulate natural scientists, occupied with finding common patterns in seemingly unrelated phenomena. Such generalisations…
Pakistan’s Covid success story
Five years back, on March 18, Pakistan recorded its first Covid fatality -- the pandemic which was sweeping the globe bringing death to Pakistan as well. The world was facing…
Mueller probe over, but little chance for US-Russia reconciliation
A long-awaited US probe on Russian election meddling has divided Washington but on one point virtually all US policymakers are clear - there will be no reconciliation with Moscow. The…
Where’s Pakistan in the rankings?
The Times Higher Education (THE) released the highly anticipated World University Rankings on October 9, 2024, after evaluating approximately 2,857 universities from 115 countries. THE and QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) are…
Beyond reach
IT was an incongruous sight: a security guard aimed his gun at every visitor who had come to hear Malala Yousafzai speak. It was a gun that had interrupted her…
Clash of share values versus human values
It is a classic story. It is the good versus evil history. It is a fantasy. It is a script for a feel good movie. We all like the good…
Breaking the chain of corruption: Part – II
The late prime minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, largely eliminated corruption from Singapore and thereby transformed it from a third-world to a first-world country. The following are some Yew…
