24-Jan-24 07:45

Dr Sharifah Munirah Alatas, Independent Scholar, Deputy Chair, Malaysian Academic Movement (GERAK)

The Prime Minister has called for an end to the "old bureaucracy" between the Ministry of Higher Education and the nation's public universities. Will this spark a paradigm shift in the governance of higher education? We speak to academic Dr. Sharifah Munirah Alatas about much-needed reforms to foster the independence and autonomy of public HEIs.

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