Comments on: A Conversation with HEC Executive Director Dr. Sohail Naqvi: Part 2/2 http://www.nextstepforward.net/education-pakistan/a-conversation-with-hec-executive-director-dr-sohail-naqvi-part-2/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:35:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Pakistan’s Higher Education Funding Holds Many Lessons for Developing Nations: Nature | STEP - Science, Technology, and Education in Pakistan http://www.nextstepforward.net/education-pakistan/a-conversation-with-hec-executive-director-dr-sohail-naqvi-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Pakistan’s Higher Education Funding Holds Many Lessons for Developing Nations: Nature | STEP - Science, Technology, and Education in Pakistan Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:27:16 +0000 http://www.nextstepforward.net/?p=870#comment-134 [...] by academics is necessary. The pace of reform has led to resistance by the universities, (a fact acknowledged by HEC Executive Director in our earlier interview), and HEC has not been fully successful in winning over that resistance. [...] [...] by academics is necessary. The pace of reform has led to resistance by the universities, (a fact acknowledged by HEC Executive Director in our earlier interview), and HEC has not been fully successful in winning over that resistance. [...]

]]> By: yaser http://www.nextstepforward.net/education-pakistan/a-conversation-with-hec-executive-director-dr-sohail-naqvi-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-52 yaser Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:33:11 +0000 http://www.nextstepforward.net/?p=870#comment-52 One mechanism for improving academic involvement in the HEC policy drafting may be to introduce a 'program director' position, like the one in US agencies like the NSF and NIH. These could be fixed yearly positions where faculty members can take as sabbaticals from their academic positions. These directors could be allocated a small portion of funding which they can solicit proposals for. This would keep a continuous rotation of fresh people and strengthen the channels of communications between the HEC and the academia. One mechanism for improving academic involvement in the HEC policy drafting may be to introduce a ‘program director’ position, like the one in US agencies like the NSF and NIH. These could be fixed yearly positions where faculty members can take as sabbaticals from their academic positions. These directors could be allocated a small portion of funding which they can solicit proposals for. This would keep a continuous rotation of fresh people and strengthen the channels of communications between the HEC and the academia.

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