Faculty Perceptions of Higher Education Quality in Afghanistan (2022-2024)

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Abstract

This quantitative study examines what factors are related to the faculty perceptions of higher education quality in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime. Using secondary data and employing Ordinary Least Squares regression and ANOVA, the findings reveal positive changes in university leadership and management, curriculum relevance (to the students’ labor market needs and skill development), and an increase in student enrollment significantly and positively contributed to the faculty perceptions of quality. Conversely, academic freedom and access to technology were not significant predictors. Notably, quality perceptions did not differ significantly across faculty academic ranks, indicating a shared institutional perspective.

Author

• Sayed Nasratullah Mussawy, University of Massachusetts - Amherst