In 2002, Pakistan began an ambitious overhaul of its higher-education system. The successes and failures of the experience hold lessons for other countries, say Athar Osama and co-authors.
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Osama, A., Najam, A., Kassim-Lakha, S. et al. Pakistan's reform experiment. Nature 461, 38–39 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/461038a
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