Academic Governance and Leadership in Malaysia: Examining the National Higher Education Strategic Initiatives

Autor/inn/en	Wan, Chang Da; Sirat, Morshidi; Razak, Dzulkifli Abdul
Titel	Academic Governance and Leadership in Malaysia: Examining the National Higher Education Strategic Initiatives
Quelle	In: Journal of International and Comparative Education, 9 (2020) 2, S.91-102 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2232-1802
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Governance; Leadership; College Administration; Strategic Planning; Educational Policy; Centralization; Neoliberalism; Commercialization; Institutional Autonomy; Universities; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Führung; Führungsposition; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Politics of education; Centralisation; Zentralisierung; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Institutionelle Autonomie; University; Universität
Abstract	Academic governance and leadership are two inter-related concepts that set the tone and direction for the development of higher education at the system as well as institutional levels. This article examines the academic governance and leadership in Malaysian higher education by focusing on two national higher education strategic initiatives: the National Higher Education Strategic Plan 2007-2020 and Malaysia Education Blueprint (Higher Education) 2015-2025. From analysing the two national strategic initiatives, we discuss the ways in which academic governance and leadership have been articulated at the systemic and institutional levels. We find that, centralisation persists despite corporatisation and granting of autonomy status, and leadership has become subjected to external yardsticks of quality, performance and standardised transformation agenda, driven predominantly by the ideology of neoliberalism and New Public Management (NPM). Unpacking these drivers of policy provides a basis for reflecting on the purpose, philosophy and fundamental idea of universities in Malaysia for nation building and societal development. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Malaya Press. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 50603. e-mail: jice@um.edu.my; Web site: http://jice.um.edu.my/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01