Audacity of hope for higher education

IN his acceptance speech last year as the newlyappointed Minister of Higher Education Datuk Seri Mohamed Khalid Nordin pledged full support to implementing the National Strategic Plan for Higher Education launched by his predecessor. Admittedly, in his own words then, the task was a daunting one...

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Main Author: Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/32839/1/DZUL177.pdf
http://eprints.usm.my/32839/
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Summary:IN his acceptance speech last year as the newlyappointed Minister of Higher Education Datuk Seri Mohamed Khalid Nordin pledged full support to implementing the National Strategic Plan for Higher Education launched by his predecessor. Admittedly, in his own words then, the task was a daunting one, given the complexity that surrounds higher education, which prevails not only in Malaysia, but globally. Even in developed countries where higher education has existed over centuries, the confronting issues are very similar. The difference, perhaps, is that the issues are dealt with in a more sobering approach, involving mostly academics and their fraternities.