Purdue University Purdue e-Pubs Open Access Theses Theses and Dissertations 3-2016 Modernizing the current Afghan engineering education system: Challenges and opportunities Khalilullah Mayar Purdue University Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_theses Part of the Engineering Commons, and the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Mayar, Khalilullah, "Modernizing the current Afghan engineering education system: Challenges and opportunities" (2016). Open Access Theses. 795. https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_theses/795 This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact
[email protected] for additional information. i MODERNIZING THE CURRENT AFGHAN ENGINEERING EDUCATION SYSTEM: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Purdue University by Khalilullah Mayar In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Building Construction Management May 2016 Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana ii To my parents for their unconditional love, support, and encouragement iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I am grateful to my committee chair, Prof. Kirk Alter, who was a wonderful mentor and made himself available when I needed guidance. Also, I sincerely thank the other members of my thesis committee, Prof. Robert Cox and Prof. Zarjon Baha, for their insightful comments and guidance during the course of my research. My gratitude goes to Prof. Riall Nolan as well for his assistance on the qualitative research and framing of this thesis and all my Purdue colleagues and friends who provided me with guidance, support, and encouragement during this remarkable journey. Last but not least, I am eternally grateful to my family, especially my parents, who supported me every day of my life and always believed in me.