Navigating Global Rankings and Local Realities: Rethinking Quality Assurance in Pakistani Higher Education
Session
Management Business and Economics
Description
University rankings have become an important part of how colleges and universities around the world are run. These results have a bigger effect on how universities in Pakistan handle quality assurance, make rules, and use resources. This study looks at how universities in Pakistan are ranked globally and how that affects their quality assurance policies and procedures. This shows what happens at the administrative and academic levels as a result. A qualitative, multi-case study method was used, and 20 top managers from four public and private universities in Pakistan were interviewed in an unplanned manner. A theme was used to analyze the data and identify trends and topics that kept emerging. As you can see, global ranks are now a big part of setting leadership KPIs and figuring out how to spend money. Some things have changed in order to get a better grade: QA duties, study goals, and data accessibility. But these changes also make HEC rules harder to follow, increase managers' workload, and add to teachers' stress. They may even lead to a move away from making teaching and community service core academic goals. The study emphasizes to colleges the importance it being competitive on a global level while also meeting the needs of students in their own country. To make higher education more open to both global and local ideas, the paper suggests using quality assurance methods tailored to each situation, involving more parties, and simplifying the compliance process.
Keywords:
Academic Standards, Higher Education Commission (HEC), International Rankings, Quality Assurance (QA), Resource Allocation
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-982-41-2
Location
UBT Lipjan, Kosovo
Start Date
25-10-2025 9:00 AM
End Date
26-10-2025 6:00 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2025.433
Recommended Citation
Sain, Zohaib Hassan, "Navigating Global Rankings and Local Realities: Rethinking Quality Assurance in Pakistani Higher Education" (2025). UBT International Conference. 48.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2025UBTIC/MBE/48
Navigating Global Rankings and Local Realities: Rethinking Quality Assurance in Pakistani Higher Education
UBT Lipjan, Kosovo
University rankings have become an important part of how colleges and universities around the world are run. These results have a bigger effect on how universities in Pakistan handle quality assurance, make rules, and use resources. This study looks at how universities in Pakistan are ranked globally and how that affects their quality assurance policies and procedures. This shows what happens at the administrative and academic levels as a result. A qualitative, multi-case study method was used, and 20 top managers from four public and private universities in Pakistan were interviewed in an unplanned manner. A theme was used to analyze the data and identify trends and topics that kept emerging. As you can see, global ranks are now a big part of setting leadership KPIs and figuring out how to spend money. Some things have changed in order to get a better grade: QA duties, study goals, and data accessibility. But these changes also make HEC rules harder to follow, increase managers' workload, and add to teachers' stress. They may even lead to a move away from making teaching and community service core academic goals. The study emphasizes to colleges the importance it being competitive on a global level while also meeting the needs of students in their own country. To make higher education more open to both global and local ideas, the paper suggests using quality assurance methods tailored to each situation, involving more parties, and simplifying the compliance process.