Wasiullah Khan
Mohammad Wasiullah Khan is the founder and chancellor of East-West University, a private, non-profit, non-denominational college based in Chicago's South Loop neighbourhood. He is also a veteran of the Pakistani educational system, working in the mid-to-late 1950s in Government College, Sukkur, Pakistan.[1]
Education and career
Wasiullah Khan, a Pakistani-American, got his MA and MEd Honours degrees from the University of the Punjab and a PhD in Educational Administration from Indiana University.[1] He had been a teacher and administrator in Pakistan before he came to Berkeley, California in the 1970s. He has been an educational researcher in Indiana and became an academic dean in a minority college in Chicago.[1]
In November 1978, he convened a planning group to establish a new, multicultural institution of higher learning in Chicago. In September 1980, after approvals from state and federal agencies, East–West University started operations as a not-for-profit institution in Chicago.[1][2]
In April 2000, East-West University acquired an 8-story building as an extension of its campus. By Fall 2003, student enrollment at the university was over 1000.[1][3][4]
Wasiullah Khan was the President of the Pakistani American Congress (2005-2007).[5]
Books
Wasiullah Khan contributed to and edited a book, published by Hodder & Stoughton, Kent, UK. He wrote an extensive introduction in this book: Education and Society in the Muslim World.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Profile of Wasiullah Khan on American Islamic Economic and Finance Institute website Retrieved 2 December 2017
- ↑ College Profile of East-West University, Chicago, Illinois on collegedata.com website Retrieved 2 December 2017
- ↑ Economic diversity and student outcomes at East West University, Chicago, Illinois The New York Times (newspaper), Published 18 January 2017, Retrieved 2 December 2017
- ↑ College Profile of East-West University, Chicago, Illinois on collegedata.com website Retrieved 2 December 2017
- ↑ Wasiullah Khan, President of Pakistan American Congress (2005-2007) Retrieved 2 December 2017
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