The Taliban’s Curricular Attack on Higher Education in Afghanistan

A New Reality for Higher Education in Afghanistan

Authors

  • Abdul Aziz Mohibbi Trinity College Dublin
  • Noah Coburn Goddard College

Keywords:

Afghanistan, Taliban, curriculum, war, authoritarianism, religion

Abstract

In two short years, universities in Afghanistan have seen a drastic drop in enrollment due to the Taliban ban on women in higher education and a culture of surveillance and fear. At the same time, however, the Taliban have moved to begin to restructure curricula and universities themselves to impose their own versions of conservative religiosity, in stark contrast with the expansion of universities under the previous government.

 

Author Biographies

Abdul Aziz Mohibbi, Trinity College Dublin

Abdul Aziz Mohibbi is former chancellor of Bamiyan University. Currently he is a IIE Scholar Rescue Fund fellow, a visiting fellow at Trinity College Dublin, and a researcher in the Department of Geography, Maynooth University, Ireland.

 

Noah Coburn, Goddard College

Noah Coburn is provost at Goddard College, US, and works with the American University of Afghanistan.

 

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Published

2023-07-28

How to Cite

Mohibbi, A., & Coburn, N. (2023). The Taliban’s Curricular Attack on Higher Education in Afghanistan: A New Reality for Higher Education in Afghanistan. International Higher Education, (115), 36–37. Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/16801

Issue

No. 115 (2023): Summer Issue

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