Substantiating the roles of higher education system in Malaysia: identifying issues and charting the way forward

Education is one of the key factors for national transformation. Higher education (HE) stands as an important sector in any country including Malaysia, which roles range from workforce supplier to knowledge and innovation centers. During the early days of higher education focus has been given to pro...

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Main Authors: Abdul Rahman, Shukran, Khalid, Haniza, Mohd Yusof, Danial
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spelling my.iium.irep.61422 http://irep.iium.edu.my/61422/ Substantiating the roles of higher education system in Malaysia: identifying issues and charting the way forward Abdul Rahman, Shukran Khalid, Haniza Mohd Yusof, Danial LB Theory and practice of education LB2300 Higher Education LB51 Systems of individual educators and writers LC65 Social aspects of education Education is one of the key factors for national transformation. Higher education (HE) stands as an important sector in any country including Malaysia, which roles range from workforce supplier to knowledge and innovation centers. During the early days of higher education focus has been given to producing knowledgeable workforce. Over time, the roles have changed to producing new knowledge and solving problems faced by the societies. The changes perpetuate, driven by various factors, especially the direction of the country which strategies have made impacts on the ways universities behave or operate. In Malaysia, the National Higher Education Strategic Plan (NHESP), was launched in August 2007 to drive transformation of HE with the main agenda of producing graduates who are knowledgeable and competent in their fields, innovative, multilingual and technology-savvy. Nevertheless we argue that the roles of higher education are more than just producing workforce, in that HEs must help the country shape the advancement of social growth and economic prosperity. Thus this paper addresses several pertinent gaps between the current Malaysian HE landscape and various future global scenario. Consequently, we need to assess whether the conception of NHESP has recognized this gap and considered measures to address it for the benefit of the direct stakeholders and the country as a whole. The findings will enlighten the HE authority of the timely issues that require proper attention, and in turn steer the direction of HE services. Centre for Political, Economic and Social Research 2017-05-19 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/61422/1/61422_Substantiating%20the%20roles%20of%20Higher%20Education_abstract.pdf Abdul Rahman, Shukran and Khalid, Haniza and Mohd Yusof, Danial (2017) Substantiating the roles of higher education system in Malaysia: identifying issues and charting the way forward. In: International Congress on Political, Economic and Social Studies (ICPESS) 2017, 19th-22th May 2017, Bosnia Herzegovina. http://www.registericpess.org/index.php/ICPESS/article/view/299
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topic LB Theory and practice of education
LB2300 Higher Education
LB51 Systems of individual educators and writers
LC65 Social aspects of education
spellingShingle LB Theory and practice of education
LB2300 Higher Education
LB51 Systems of individual educators and writers
LC65 Social aspects of education
Abdul Rahman, Shukran
Khalid, Haniza
Mohd Yusof, Danial
Substantiating the roles of higher education system in Malaysia: identifying issues and charting the way forward
description Education is one of the key factors for national transformation. Higher education (HE) stands as an important sector in any country including Malaysia, which roles range from workforce supplier to knowledge and innovation centers. During the early days of higher education focus has been given to producing knowledgeable workforce. Over time, the roles have changed to producing new knowledge and solving problems faced by the societies. The changes perpetuate, driven by various factors, especially the direction of the country which strategies have made impacts on the ways universities behave or operate. In Malaysia, the National Higher Education Strategic Plan (NHESP), was launched in August 2007 to drive transformation of HE with the main agenda of producing graduates who are knowledgeable and competent in their fields, innovative, multilingual and technology-savvy. Nevertheless we argue that the roles of higher education are more than just producing workforce, in that HEs must help the country shape the advancement of social growth and economic prosperity. Thus this paper addresses several pertinent gaps between the current Malaysian HE landscape and various future global scenario. Consequently, we need to assess whether the conception of NHESP has recognized this gap and considered measures to address it for the benefit of the direct stakeholders and the country as a whole. The findings will enlighten the HE authority of the timely issues that require proper attention, and in turn steer the direction of HE services.
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author Abdul Rahman, Shukran
Khalid, Haniza
Mohd Yusof, Danial
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Khalid, Haniza
Mohd Yusof, Danial
author_sort Abdul Rahman, Shukran
title Substantiating the roles of higher education system in Malaysia: identifying issues and charting the way forward
title_short Substantiating the roles of higher education system in Malaysia: identifying issues and charting the way forward
title_full Substantiating the roles of higher education system in Malaysia: identifying issues and charting the way forward
title_fullStr Substantiating the roles of higher education system in Malaysia: identifying issues and charting the way forward
title_full_unstemmed Substantiating the roles of higher education system in Malaysia: identifying issues and charting the way forward
title_sort substantiating the roles of higher education system in malaysia: identifying issues and charting the way forward
publisher Centre for Political, Economic and Social Research
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