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    University leaders as social change agents
    (University of Management and Technology, 2014) Nauman Saeed
    Universities have frequently been regarded as key institutions in process of social change and development(Brennan, 2004).The purpose of the study was to explore whether or not university leaders are the social change agents. The study was quantitative in its nature. Population of the study was all the university leaders both in the public and private sector situated in Lahore citywithin the jurisdiction of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. A total of one hundred and twenty heads of departments, deans and directors were selected as the sample from 8 universities; four from the public sector and four from the private sector. A questionnaire was developed by the researcher to measure the demographics and social factors regarding the social change. Data were collected by the researcher’s personal visit to the sample universities.The collected data were analyzed using SPSS16.0 for Windows Evaluation Version. Descriptive statistics used in the study were percentage, frequency, mean, and standard deviation. Chi-Square test, t-Test and ANOVA were used for the analysis of data. The overall results of the study indicate that university leaders act as the social change agents. In public sector universities the leadership is more concerned about the social change with respect to private sector universities. At the end, researcher recommended that, universities should train their employees regarding social change not only the higher authorities but even their supporting staffs too.