Comparing higher education systems in selected Asia Pacific countries: implications for Malaysia

• Main Authors: Kaur, Sarjit, Abdul Rahman, Shukran, Koo, Yew Liw, Zakariya, Hafiz, Mohammad Lotfie, Maskanah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institut Penyelidikan Pendidikan Tinggi Negara (IPPTN) 2013
• Subjects: LA History of education; LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/33705/1/hafiz.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/33705/; http://www.ipptn.usm.my/index.php/12-news/43-bulletin-of-higher-education.html

With the continuing emphasis placed on higher education institutions in many countries to produce knowledge workers for the next generation, there has been a continuous demand to strengthen the provision and delivery of higher education systems. This has resulted in an extraordinary expansion and intensification of internet use - “between the end of 2000 and 2008, worldwide internet users increased from 361 million to 1,581 million”