Palestinian Faculty Development Project

Palestinian Faculty Development Project

Higher Education (HE) Context in Palestine

• High value placed on education• High proportion receive HE• 41 institutions (10 full undergraduate; 20

below bachelors level)• 9% annual growth in high school grads1

• Doubling of students in HE from 1999-2005– 40,000 new entrants in 20052

1. Massar Associates for USAID (2005) 2. Hashweh & Hashweh (2003)

Some Challenges in Higher Education in Palestine

PFDP Project GoalsPFDP Project Goals

PFDP Components

Palestinian Faculty Development Project (PFDP)

Palestinian Faculty Development Project (PFDP)

Partnerships

Bethlehem University

Portland State

University

NorthwesternUniversity

An-Najah University

Emerging Insights