There is an increasing mobility of students, academic staff as a result of internalization of
higher education and globalization process. As a result a rapid increase in cross border higher
education is being witnessed with intense competition among universities/institutions of the
developed world for seeking collaboration/operation of campus at overseas locations. Despite rapid
expansion of higher education, the government is unable to cope with the escalating demand of
burgeoning student population. Thus, there is a pressure on the government to increase assess to
higher education. Cross border education provides yet another avenue to meet the challenge. Many
of the foreign universities are keen to operate in Pakistan. Therefore there is a need to regulate this
emerging sector and ensure quality in the provision of higher education
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