Strategic planning directions of Malaysia's higher education: university autonomy in the midst of political uncertainties
Strategic planning directions of Malaysia's higher education: university autonomy in the midst of political uncertainties
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10.1007/s10734-009-9259-0
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2010-04-01
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Bin Sirat, Morshidi
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Bin Sirat, Morshidi
在马来西亚，国家政府认为应该把高等教育政策引向符合“国家利益”的方向。国家、高等教育机构和市场之间不断变化的关系最好地体现了“国家利益”的概念。自1960年代末以来，我们看到随着国家的主导地位日益增强，大学的自主权逐渐但稳步地受到侵蚀。最近启动的《2020年国家高等教育战略计划》和《2007-2010年国家高等教育行动计划》使该战略计划得以实施，承诺给予大学更大的自主权。虽然大学自主权的增加可被视为马来西亚应对高等教育管理和治理方面新出现的问题的对策，但1995年《大学和大学学院法》修正案并没有解决公立大学从马来西亚财政条例中获得更大自主权的问题。对国家来说，在目前政治和经济不确定的气氛下，给予公立大学充分的自主权被认为是不适当和不合时宜的。国家认为公立大学仍然严重依赖国家提供资源，因此需要进行管理和监督。
In Malaysia, the national government has seen fit to steer higher education policy in a direction that is in the 'national interest'. This notion of 'national interest' is best exemplified by the changing relationship between the State, higher education institutions and the market. Since the late 1960s, we saw the gradual but steady erosion of university autonomy with the increasing dominance of the State. The recently launched National Higher Education Strategic Plan 2020 and the National Higher Education Action Plan, 2007-2010, which operationalised the Strategic Plan, promises greater autonomy for the universities. While this increased autonomy for universities could be regarded as Malaysia's response to deal with emerging issues in higher education management and governance, the amendments to the University and University Colleges Act, 1995 have not resolved the issue of wider autonomy from the Malaysian treasury regulations for public universities. For the State, in the present climate of political and economic uncertainty, giving full autonomy to the public universities is seen to be inappropriate and untimely. The State considers public universities as still heavily dependent on the State for resources, and thus the need for regulation and supervision.