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Partnership of KSU & KU English

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

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Partnership of KSU & KU English

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

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

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

  4. Raise Quality of the Faculty • 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

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

  6. Improve Teaching • 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

  7. KABUL ENGLISH

  8. KABUL ENGLISH

  9. BALKH ENGLISH

  10. BALKH ENGLISH

  11. Increase Access to Information Technology and Library Resources • 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

  12. Improve Management • 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

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

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