The Study of Government-University Relationship in Malaysian Higher Education System

Autor/inn/en	Ahmad, Abd Rahman; Farley, Alan; Naidoo, Moonsamy
Titel	The Study of Government-University Relationship in Malaysian Higher Education System
Quelle	In: International Education Studies, 5 (2012) 5, S.25-34 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1913-9020
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Government School Relationship; Federal Government; Universities; Higher Education; Educational Improvement; Educational Quality; Public Colleges; Federal Aid; Retrenchment; Strategic Planning; Educational Finance; Alignment (Education); Public Policy; Focus Groups; Statistical Analysis; Qualitative Research; Interviews; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bundesregierung; University; Universität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Bildungsfonds; Öffentliche Ordnung; Statistische Analyse; Qualitative Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	Recently the Agency Theory is extensively used in the study of government-university relationship in higher education system. The theory expounds the main concept of information asymmetry and goal conflict in the relationship. In this paper these two concepts are used to explain efforts undertaken by the Malaysian Federal Government to improve the quality of higher education and their struggle to reform the funding system in public universities. This move is parallel to the implementation of National Higher Education Strategic Plan Beyond 2020 which was announced in 2007. Interestingly, this study found that public universities in Malaysia are working positively towards materialising the government objectives regardless of the government funding cuts. Indeed, the government initiative to keep track of the universities performances by using the monitoring, controlling and incentives mechanisms have helped reduce the agency problems in the government-university relationship. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01