Partnership of KSU & KU English Dr. Yar M. Ebadi, Dean of College of Business Kansas State University Strengthening Higher Education Program Afghanistan University Linkages with North American Institutions of Higher Education: Lessons Learned and the Way Ahead January 25 – 26, 2011 Indianapolis, IN 1

Funded By World Bank Kabul University/ Kansas State University EnglishPartnership Ministry of Higher Education Strengthening Higher Education Program (SHEP) 2

Raise quality of the faculty Reform the curriculum Improve teaching Increase access to information technology and library resources Improve management Partnership Program Primary Goals 3

KSU faculty offers graduate courses 12 KU faculty sent to get advance degree’s at KSU KSU faculty member’s assist Dean in recruiting visiting professors Raise Quality of the Faculty 4

KSU faculty member works at KU to facilitate curricular reform Develop an English proficiency examination for new students Reform Curriculum 5

Facilitate improvement of teaching Provide technical assistance to establish sub- departments. Offer a short-term intensive English program for faculty in the Department of English Develop student learning outcomes 15 KU faculty members are assigned a mentor from KSU English Department and College of Education with focus on improving teaching Improve Teaching 6

FacultyAdmissionDeparture Yar Mohammad BahramiSpring 2008Summer 2009 Khalid WaziriSpring 2008Spring 2010 Hameedullah YaqubiSpring 2008Spring 2010 Sarah AhmadiSpring 2008Summer 2008 Ajmal BurhazoiSpring 2008Summer 2008 Naheed SepahizadaSpring 2008Summer 2008 Laila LangariSummer 2008Fall 2008 FaraidoonSpring 2009Fall 2010 Zohra SamadiSpring 2009Fall 2010 Habibullah HabibSpring 2009 Atiqullah MasratiSpring 2009 Azam Mohammad MasoudSummer 2009Fall 2010 KABUL ENGLISH 7

FacultyAdmissionExpectedDeparture Mohammad Rahim SamadiSpring 2009Spring 2011 Bezhan PazhohanSummer 2009Spring 2011 Freshta YousefzadaSummer 2009Spring 2011 KABUL ENGLISH 8

FacultyAdmissionDeparture Ahmad Nasim KhoshgowarSpring 2008Spring 2010 Shamim NaderiSpring 2008Spring 2010 Sona QuraishiSpring 2008Fall 2009 Farida AnsariFall 2008Spring 2010 Mohammad Shah ZakiFall 2008Spring 2010 Ahmad Shah AhmadiFall 2009 Zahra MohammadiFall 2009 Abdul Fahim RahimiFall 2009 Mohammad Rahim RasekhFall 2009 Rohullah RohinFall 2009 BALKH ENGLISH 9

FacultyAdmissionExpectedDeparture Sayed Mustafa ZewarySummer 2009Summer 2011 Abdul Haqiq HaqiqFall 2009Summer BALKH ENGLISH 10

Facilitate improvement in information technology Facilitate expansion and improvement of library resources Provide training to teachers and students on how to conduct research using the internet Provide students and faculty with access to electronic library resources Training on how to use electronic library Increase Access to Information Technology and Library Resources 11

Higher education administration and English training course 5 teachers visit Selcuk for one month to learn how an English Dept. in a non-English-speaking country offers English instruction Improve Management 12

Methodology and professional development Administrative infrastructure to track progress of students in the new curriculum Implement assessments Sustainability and Empowerment 13