Providing Safe Learning Spaces and Equitable University to Job Market Transition in Post-Conflict Environments: Does Afghanistan Have Something to Teach Us?

Group Submission Type: Panel Session

Proposal

This panel will showcase the program implementation and research work of University Support and Workforce Development Project (USWDP). The panel presentations highlight the challenges and progress of programs implementation in emerging higher education systems where conflict is still a day-to-day reality. As the proposed presentations reflect the work of local Afghan educators, this panel’s presentations complement South-North dialogue theme of the CIES 2018 .

Sub Unit

• SIG: Higher Education

Chair

• Uzma Anzar, FHI 360

Individual Presentations

• Accelerated university to job transition in post-conflict situation: Development and implementation of associate degree in Afghanistan - Joseph B. Berger, University of Massachusetts Amherst

• Moving toward accreditation in higher education amid conflict: Challenges and successes of university quality assurance processes in Afghanistan - Shane Hammond, University of Massachusetts Amherst

• Safe learning spaces for all in higher education: Lessons learned from implementing anti-harassment policy - Uzma Anzar, FHI 360