Accelerating the Quality of Higher Education Institutions of Afghanistan through its Diaspora – A Study

Since 1979, Afghanistan has been caught in an ongoing and tragic series of events compound with mass immigrations of skilled and knowledgeable individuals including academicians, which has resulted in a drastic reduction of available human capacity within the country. Indeed, Afghanistan's higher education institutions face a substantial challenge, which this paper aims to tackle and make a valuable contribution to mitigating this problem. Through the collection of 157 questionnaires, this research seeks to explore the extent to which the Afghan diaspora residing in different countries demonstrates willingness and potential to engage in and contribute to accelerating the quality of higher education institutions. Moreover, this study aims to identify the preferred approaches through which the diaspora would like to contribute. Furthermore, this research will examine the challenges the Afghan diaspora perceives as significant factors affecting their involvement. To test the hypotheses, the Mann-Whitney U test and correlation analysis are applied.