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Sustaining University-Community Engagement Activities in Malaysian Higher Education Institutions

University-community engagement is essential for a nation’s economic and social future. Despite the emphasis on the essentiality of university-community engagement, extent of Malaysian academics involvement in these programmes has not been as encouraging as their commitment to research and teaching....

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Main Authors: Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya, Shuib, Munir, Masron, Tarmiji, Abdul Rahim, Asyirah, Azman, Norzaini, Abdul Rahman, Shukran, ,
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: PENERBIT UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penerbit Universiti Sai) 2019
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BF501 Motivation
L Education (General)
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spelling my.iium.irep.783572020-01-30T04:12:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/78357/ Sustaining University-Community Engagement Activities in Malaysian Higher Education Institutions Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya Shuib, Munir Masron, Tarmiji Abdul Rahim, Asyirah Azman, Norzaini Abdul Rahman, Shukran , , BF501 Motivation L Education (General) University-community engagement is essential for a nation’s economic and social future. Despite the emphasis on the essentiality of university-community engagement, extent of Malaysian academics involvement in these programmes has not been as encouraging as their commitment to research and teaching. This study was a descriptive exploratory study, with the purpose of describing the data and characteristics of university-community engagement in Malaysian higher education institutions. The intention was to provide baseline data by gathering facts through surveys, individual interviews, focus group discussions and analysing secondary data. Various interrelated aspects of university community engagement in higher education institutions were explored to provide directions in drawing recommendations for university-community engagement in Malaysia. In this study, types of university-community engagement activities was classified as (i) service, (ii) outreach, (iii) partnership, and (iv) curricular. Levels of involvement that were determined are informing, consulting, involving, collaborating and lastly, empowering the community which was based on the model of engagement developed by the International Association for Public Participation to demonstrate the possible types of engagement and the increasing level of public impact as one progresses from ‘inform’ to ‘empower’. Geographical distribution was identified using the following classifications: (i) Local/state, (ii) National and (iii) International. Based on the findings, nine strategies have been identified in promoting university community engagement in Malaysian HEIs, which includes establishment of National University-Community Framework; introduction of Critical Agenda Project (CAP) for University-Community Engagement; realigning research agenda to meet community needs; and establishing monitoring and evaluation mechanism for University-Community Engagement. PENERBIT UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penerbit Universiti Sai) Shuib, Munir Yew LIe, Koo 2019 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/78357/1/Title%2C%20ISBN%20%26%20Content.pdf Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya and Shuib, Munir and Masron, Tarmiji and Abdul Rahim, Asyirah and Azman, Norzaini and Abdul Rahman, Shukran and UNSPECIFIED and UNSPECIFIED (2019) Sustaining University-Community Engagement Activities in Malaysian Higher Education Institutions. In: The Role of the University with a Focus on University-Community Engagement. PENERBIT UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penerbit Universiti Sai), Penang, Malaysia. ISBN 978-967-461-097-5
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topic BF501 Motivation
L Education (General)
spellingShingle BF501 Motivation
L Education (General)
Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya
Shuib, Munir
Masron, Tarmiji
Abdul Rahim, Asyirah
Azman, Norzaini
Abdul Rahman, Shukran
,
,
Sustaining University-Community Engagement Activities in Malaysian Higher Education Institutions
description University-community engagement is essential for a nation’s economic and social future. Despite the emphasis on the essentiality of university-community engagement, extent of Malaysian academics involvement in these programmes has not been as encouraging as their commitment to research and teaching. This study was a descriptive exploratory study, with the purpose of describing the data and characteristics of university-community engagement in Malaysian higher education institutions. The intention was to provide baseline data by gathering facts through surveys, individual interviews, focus group discussions and analysing secondary data. Various interrelated aspects of university community engagement in higher education institutions were explored to provide directions in drawing recommendations for university-community engagement in Malaysia. In this study, types of university-community engagement activities was classified as (i) service, (ii) outreach, (iii) partnership, and (iv) curricular. Levels of involvement that were determined are informing, consulting, involving, collaborating and lastly, empowering the community which was based on the model of engagement developed by the International Association for Public Participation to demonstrate the possible types of engagement and the increasing level of public impact as one progresses from ‘inform’ to ‘empower’. Geographical distribution was identified using the following classifications: (i) Local/state, (ii) National and (iii) International. Based on the findings, nine strategies have been identified in promoting university community engagement in Malaysian HEIs, which includes establishment of National University-Community Framework; introduction of Critical Agenda Project (CAP) for University-Community Engagement; realigning research agenda to meet community needs; and establishing monitoring and evaluation mechanism for University-Community Engagement.
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Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya
Shuib, Munir
Masron, Tarmiji
Abdul Rahim, Asyirah
Azman, Norzaini
Abdul Rahman, Shukran
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author Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya
Shuib, Munir
Masron, Tarmiji
Abdul Rahim, Asyirah
Azman, Norzaini
Abdul Rahman, Shukran
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title Sustaining University-Community Engagement Activities in Malaysian Higher Education Institutions
title_short Sustaining University-Community Engagement Activities in Malaysian Higher Education Institutions
title_full Sustaining University-Community Engagement Activities in Malaysian Higher Education Institutions
title_fullStr Sustaining University-Community Engagement Activities in Malaysian Higher Education Institutions
title_full_unstemmed Sustaining University-Community Engagement Activities in Malaysian Higher Education Institutions
title_sort sustaining university-community engagement activities in malaysian higher education institutions
publisher PENERBIT UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penerbit Universiti Sai)
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url http://irep.iium.edu.my/78357/1/Title%2C%20ISBN%20%26%20Content.pdf
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