HESSA

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Partner Universities

Success Story: Where there is a will, there is a way

Upgrading the departmental system at Lahore College for Women University (LCWU), Punjab-Pakistan Dr. Asifa Kamal is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Statistics Department at Lahore College for Women University (LCWU), Punjab, Pakistan. She has been associated with LCWU for just over 23 years, spanning nearly her entire professional career. Kamal was promoted to […]

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HESSA helps Pakistani higher ed leader reimagine her role

Dr. Aqsa Shabbir (2nd left) alongside international trainers and other colleagues from LCWU at the HESSA student support services annual summit organized in Pakistan, July 2022 Dr. Aqsa Shabbir, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of Research, Innovation and Commercialization, has been at Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) for the last 10 years. […]

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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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