Stop Micromanaging Public Universities

Dr Sharifah Munirah Alatas, Independent Scholar, Deputy Chair, Malaysian Academic Movement (GERAK)

Morning Run · Morning Brief · 24 Jan 2024 · 07:45 am · 10 mins listen

The Prime Minister has called for an end to the "old bureaucracy" between the Ministry of Higher Education and the nation's public universities. Will this spark a paradigm shift in the governance of higher education? We speak to academic Dr. Sharifah Munirah Alatas about much-needed reforms to foster the independence and autonomy of public HEIs.

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Produced by:

Tun Hizami Hashim

Presented by:

Shazana Mokhtar,Philip See

Categories:

education,government

Tags:

public universities governance reform,ministry of higher education

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