Articles with tag: University
Go Jamiat Go
Raza Hamdani Nov 20, 2007 interacts: 16The students have announced loud and clear that they no longer want the Jamiat over their head.
Confronting Ahmadinejad in U.S.
Tallat Abid Sep 25, 2007 interacts: 39University authorities failed to draw clear-cut distinction between criticism and insult. Free society does have few limits too.
Why Vice Chancellors should belong to Academia
Omer Cheema Oct 5, 2006 interacts: 17If law and order situation is that bad in universities in Pakistan, I suggest that retired army officers should be appointed as chief security officers so that they can enforce law and order at university campuses. Appointing them as vice chancellors kil
AMU at the Crossroads
Zafar Anjum Jan 13, 2006 interacts: 65On January 5, the Allahabad High Court took away the minority tag from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The court upheld its judgment in October last year terming as “unconstitutional” the grant of minority status to AMU
The SAT Scam
Maliha Aqueel May 19, 2005 interacts: 13Cheating is going on in the SAT.. and everyone seems blind to it.
Reforming Pakistan’s Universities -- II
Pervez Hoodbhoy Jan 4, 2005 interacts: 50Three years ago the first serious effort to deal with Pakistan’s chronically ill universities was finally initiated. Unfortunately, this effort by the Higher Education Commission has now become mired in an intense, growing controversy.
Reforming Pakistan’s Universties -- I
Pervez Hoodbhoy Jan 4, 2005 interacts: 13In this article I will look at the problems in our higher education system and why the HEC reforms are set to make a bad situation worse rather than better.
Wise Chancellors
naeem sadiq Nov 27, 2004 interacts: 12Since the rapid ‘generalization’ of our society, the function of ‘vice’ Chancellors too has been “generalised’. It is now possible to have a good ‘vice’ chancellor who was once good at say commanding a plat
Mathematics for All University Students
Q Isa Daudpota Sep 16, 2004 interacts: 11The role of mathematics in science, and society generally, is misunderstood by common folk. Such lack of understanding is also prevalent in educational policy makers
The Girl from Napoli
Asif Naqshbandi Apr 7, 2004 interacts: 48Al Ghazzali said that it is impossible to describe the pleasures of orgasm to an impotent man no matter how much one tries.
Cosmetic Surgery
Quartulain Siddiqui Feb 24, 2004 interacts: 11Karachi University Students must now wear black gowns while they’re inside the campus ...the decision was taken so that teachers could be distinguished from students, and not get beaten up during the occasional clashes between political groups.
Moving Beyond Talk: A Roadmap for Quality Education
tayyab rashid Feb 17, 2004 interacts: 45This proposal provides a pragmatic mechanism aligned with the role of HEC (Higher Education Commission) as a supportive watchdog - providing reason, resources, and recognition for quality higher education in Pakistan.
What a Day !
Radhika Sapra Jun 8, 2000 interacts: 22I lay my first steps into the ’educated world’...
The Rape of Khairpur University
Pervez Hoodbhoy Apr 13, 1998 interacts: 11Why have we collectively lost the will to protest crimes against people and institutions?
