An investigation of the current autonomy status of the Malaysian public and private universities: an empirical result
The benefits and importance of university autonomy for facilitating and accelerating higher education transformation have been broadly agreed by many higher education stakeholders. This paper aims to investigate the Malaysian public and private universities degree of independence and autonomy from t...
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| description | The benefits and importance of university autonomy for facilitating and accelerating higher education transformation have been broadly agreed by many higher education stakeholders. This paper aims to investigate the Malaysian public and private universities degree of independence and autonomy from the government and other external forces. The extent of an institute’s autonomy is measured based on their independent in appointive, academic, administrative, and financial matters. An emailed survey has been sent to top-level management of 28 public and private universities in Malaysia, resulting in 126 respondents. The respondents for the survey consisted of vice-chancellors, deputy vice-chancellors, deans, directors, and deputy deans. Using SPSS statistical software, data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. The results demonstrate that the majority of the components under academic matters, administrative and financial matters are considered high autonomy, with less interference of the government over those institutions. With some reason, autonomy related to the appointment of the vice-chancellors and dismissals of rectors and vice-chancellors is still under government control. However, based on the findings, autonomy development at public and private universities in Malaysia has been engaged in a long journey that enabled it to compete and to progress well at the global level. |
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| spelling | ump-259412020-12-01T07:19:16Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25941/ An investigation of the current autonomy status of the Malaysian public and private universities: an empirical result Al-haimi, Basheer Daing Nasir, Ibrahim Ab Hamid, Mohd Rashid HD Industries. Land use. Labor L Education (General) LB2300 Higher Education The benefits and importance of university autonomy for facilitating and accelerating higher education transformation have been broadly agreed by many higher education stakeholders. This paper aims to investigate the Malaysian public and private universities degree of independence and autonomy from the government and other external forces. The extent of an institute’s autonomy is measured based on their independent in appointive, academic, administrative, and financial matters. An emailed survey has been sent to top-level management of 28 public and private universities in Malaysia, resulting in 126 respondents. The respondents for the survey consisted of vice-chancellors, deputy vice-chancellors, deans, directors, and deputy deans. Using SPSS statistical software, data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. The results demonstrate that the majority of the components under academic matters, administrative and financial matters are considered high autonomy, with less interference of the government over those institutions. With some reason, autonomy related to the appointment of the vice-chancellors and dismissals of rectors and vice-chancellors is still under government control. However, based on the findings, autonomy development at public and private universities in Malaysia has been engaged in a long journey that enabled it to compete and to progress well at the global level. KnE Social Sciences 2019-08-18 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25941/1/An%20investigation%20of%20the%20current%20autonomy%20status.pdf Al-haimi, Basheer and Daing Nasir, Ibrahim and Ab Hamid, Mohd Rashid (2019) An investigation of the current autonomy status of the Malaysian public and private universities: an empirical result. In: KnE Social Sciences: FGIC 2nd Conference on Governance and Integrity 2019 , 19-20 August 2019 , Yayasan Pahang, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. pp. 347-367.. ISSN 2518-668X (Published) https://doi.org/10.18502/kss.v3i22.5060 |
| spellingShingle | HD Industries. Land use. Labor L Education (General) LB2300 Higher Education Al-haimi, Basheer Daing Nasir, Ibrahim Ab Hamid, Mohd Rashid An investigation of the current autonomy status of the Malaysian public and private universities: an empirical result |
| title | An investigation of the current autonomy status of the Malaysian public and private universities: an empirical result |
| title_full | An investigation of the current autonomy status of the Malaysian public and private universities: an empirical result |
| title_fullStr | An investigation of the current autonomy status of the Malaysian public and private universities: an empirical result |
| title_full_unstemmed | An investigation of the current autonomy status of the Malaysian public and private universities: an empirical result |
| title_short | An investigation of the current autonomy status of the Malaysian public and private universities: an empirical result |
| title_sort | investigation of the current autonomy status of the malaysian public and private universities: an empirical result |
| topic | HD Industries. Land use. Labor L Education (General) LB2300 Higher Education |
| url | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25941/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25941/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25941/1/An%20investigation%20of%20the%20current%20autonomy%20status.pdf |