HESSA

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Partner Universities

Improving financial aid systems for students at Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi

Dr. Khadija Bari is an Associate Professor who also leads the Financial Aid Office at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) in Karachi. Bari has been associated with USAID’s Higher Education System Strengthening Activity (HESSA) since 2022. Shortly after joining, she attended the student support services knowledge summit in July 2022. There she met with […]

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USAID Imparts Leadership Training to Deans of Public Sector Universities

On October 26-27, 2022, the USAID’s Higher Education System Strengthening Activity (HESSA) conducted a two-day training titled ‘Advancing Leadership Capacities of Deans’ for public sector universities. In total, 29 Deans from 15 Pakistani partner universities participated in the training. The inaugural session was attended by Anne Flaker, USAID Director of Education; Asima Rehman, USAID Senior […]

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U Helps Prepare Pakistani Higher Ed to Meet Market Needs

A group of eight university Vice Chancellors from Pakistan recently spent a week training at the University of Utah as part of the Higher Education Systems Strengthening Activity (HESSA)–a USAID-funded, U-led project. During their one-week visit in July, the education leaders toured U facilities and learned more about U.S. university management. Pakistan’s population is the youngest […]

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Pakistani university presidents visit U Asia Campus, South Korea

As part of USAID’s Higher Education System Strengthening Activity (HESSA), the University of Utah Asia Campus hosted eleven Pakistani university presidents on a study tour of South Korea from March 13-17. The week-long visit was designed to help the Vice Chancellors learn more about the academic practices of Korean universities and public institutions and explore […]

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