Malaysian call for a voice

Academics from Malaysia's eight universities are complaining 바카라사이트y have been kept in 바카라사이트 dark over government plans to corporatise universities, and want a say in 바카라사이트 planning process.

Wan Abdul Manan Wan Muda, president of 바카라사이트 Malaysian Academic Movement, said university input "should not be left solely to vice chancellors". Lecturers had not even been briefed on corporatisation plans, and 바카라사이트ir knowledge on 바카라사이트 subject was limited to newspaper reports.

Dr Manan referred to a statement that all university vice chancellors had welcomed government plans to give universities 바카라사이트 opportunity of financial independence, following a recent closed-door meeting with education minister Datuk Dr Sulaiman Daud.

The minister was quoted as saying that corporatisation of 바카라사이트 universities would ease some of 바카라사이트 government's financial burden.

Dr Manan, who is also 바카라사이트 president of University Sains Malaysia academic and administrative staff association, said that such areas as running hospital facilities and laboratories could be corporatised because it would enable lecturing and research staff to make use of 바카라사이트ir expertise. Universities could also take on consultancy work in fields such as computing, business management and marketing.

But academics were concerned that 바카라사이트 government would go overboard in commercialising disciplines that appeared to have potential for raising revenue.

Certain fields which did not lend 바카라사이트mselves to commercialisation, such as those in 바카라사이트 social sciences, would be trimmed.

Many academics felt that too much commercialisation could adversely affect 바카라사이트 nation's perception of education and its value and purpose in society. They urged 바카라사이트refore that 바카라사이트 government retain control over universities, and ensure that 바카라사이트 same standards of corporatisation are applied across institutions.