Vice Chancellors from eleven of the sixteen HESSA partner universities have left for a visit to South Korea as part of the University of Utah’s implementation of USAID’s HESSA.
Vice Chancellors from eleven of the sixteen HESSA partner universities have left for a visit to South Korea as part of the University of Utah’s implementation of USAID’s Higher Education System Strengthening Activity (HESSA). The University of Utah’s Asia Campus, which is based in Incheon, Republic of Korea, is hosting the seven-day trip.
Vice Chancellors rarely have the opportunity to attend training sessions, so this will be a special opportunity for them to take part in a learning initiative aimed at creating business and sustainability plans unique to their respective universities.
The International Global Campus (IGC) in Incheon, which is home to renowned institutions like the University of Utah, Stony Brook State University of New York, George Mason University, and Ghent University of Belgium, will also introduce visitors to innovative academic and research practises.
To better understand best practises in coordinating and bolstering institutional governance systems, the leadership of Pakistan’s higher education sector will engage with the IGC management and governance team.
Vice Chancellors from partner universities from across Pakistan are participating in this significant study tour, with the exception of four universities from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which were unable to participate because they lacked the necessary NOC from the KP government. As a result, KP’s HESSA partner universities will miss out on some of the technical support being offered through USAID’s HESSA initiatives.
The study tour, which is being led by Dr. Aslam Chaudhry, Research Professor of Economics at the University of Utah and Chief of Party HESSA, aims to jumpstart business and strategic planning for HESSA partner universities.
Vice Chancellors will participate in training and discussions on subjects like creating business plans for the growth and expansion of the university, developing a plan to meet predetermined goals and objectives, forming partnerships and mobilising resources, and contingency planning.
The HESSA partner universities can create programmes that will give students a positive campus experience and significantly improve graduate employability by strengthening institutional strategic planning capabilities, which is essential for sustainability.