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The writer is an academic and researcher based in Karachi.
THE appointments of several public-sector vice chancellors are being challenged in court. Recent examples include the Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Women University Swabi, the University of Karachi and the Federal Urdu University. Not too long ago, Dr Asim Hussain, chairman of the Sindh Higher Education Commission, said that unfit people were being appointed as VCs in Sindh’s public universities. In a letter to the chief minister, he raised serious concern about the capacity and moral fitness of such academics to lead universities.
The competition to head universities is intense and ugly, with many senior faculty members aspiring to the post. The perks and privileges, social status, high visibility in ceremonial events, frequent interaction with public functionaries as well as foreign travel beckon academics in this direction. Whenever an advertisement for a VC post is announced, hundreds of applications are filed. Whi
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Pushing for Progress
As the newly elected leader of Blair County’s NAACP chapter, political science major Andrae Holsey has no plans to slow down his fight for social justice.
By: Marissa Carney
As a child, Andrae Holsey listened to his father tell stories of growing up in the 1950s and walking eight miles every day to attend a segregated school. He heard him talk about his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
Holsey watched with his own eyes as the KKK roamed through the town in Virginia, where he and his family lived for a time.
Amb. Danny Danon
On Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, the J. Dunner Political Science Society and the Yeshiva University Political Action Club co-hosted a Zoom event featuring Danny Danon, Israel’s former ambassador to the United Nations.
In a conversation with students, Ambassador Danon, a visiting professor this semester in the University’s Department of Political Science, shared his insights on defending Israel and the relationships it has fostered with its Arab neighbors.
When he began his term as the 17th Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations in 2015, Ambassador Danon intended to challenge and change the international perspective of Israel at the U.N. through such actions as introducing kosher food to the U.N. cafeteria, establishing Yom Kippur as a recognized holiday in the General Assembly and becoming the first Israeli to chair a committee.