Open AccessWORLD CLASS UNIVERSITIES IN MALAYSIA: ASPIRATIONS AND REALITY
Author(s) -
Anh Thi Phuong Vu,
Ly Thi Pham
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
khoa học công nghệ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1859-0128
DOI - 10.32508/stdj.v12i1.2197
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , class (philosophy) , order (exchange) , task (project management) , field (mathematics) , world class , public relations , falling (accident) , political science , higher education , economic growth , sociology , mathematics education , business , psychology , management , engineering , economics , computer science , law , industrial engineering , artificial intelligence , philosophy , linguistics , mathematics , finance , psychiatry , pure mathematics
The Malaysian government and public consider the task of establishing world-class universities to be of primary importance; however their achievement in this field remains quite modest. This article examines the history of establishing world-class universities in Malaysia and tries to determine the reasons of falling short of the goal. According to the authors, two main reasons leading to the inadequacy of Malaysian universities are: 1/ The government is too deeply involved in schools' operation; schools are not sufficiently decentralized 2/ The Chinese culture and especially Muslim culture of Malaysia do not encourage students to be creative or to challenge. Malaysia requires policies that facilitate human resources in order to achieve desired results in the field of higher education.