Abstract
In recent years there have been a variety of changes in the form of administrative reforms
that affected the governance system of countries around the world, including Pakistan. The
basic objective of these reforms is to modernize administrative systems. The present study
focuses on the five selected institutions, i.e. Government College University, Lahore
College for Women University, Government College for Women University Sialkot,
Government College for Women University Faisalabad, which were upgraded to
universities. The scope of the paper concerns the evolution of these educational reform and
deregulation patterns that relate to administration, finance, and academics of the
institutions. The evolution has been explained through a model given by Aldrich & Ruef
(2006). Qualitative research is conducted on five of the selected institutions and external
authorities, including HED, HEC and PHEC. The results show that the involvement of
external regulatory authorities influences the patterns of autonomy through HR policies
and practices. Dependence of funds is also a major reason to encourage interference of
external authorities and politics, which ultimately affects the performance of the
universities. The evolution of all of the selected cases helps to understand the context of
these institutions. The study also helps to draw the difference of governance systems under
public and private administration.
Hafsa Noor, Nasira Jabeen. (2019) An Evolutionary Perspective on Educational Reform: A Study of Upgradation of Colleges to Universities in Pakistan, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 56, Issue 2.
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