Quality reform in Malaysian higher education governance: “identity formation” or “knowledge shopping”?

• Main Authors: Quddus, S. M. Abdul, Ahmad, Khairil Izamin
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Routledge 2016
• Subjects: JA Political science (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/54029/1/Quality%20Reform%20in%20Malaysian%20Higher%20Education%20Governance%20Identity%20Formation%20or%20Knowledge%20Shopping.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/54029/7/54029_Quality%20Reform%20in%20Malaysian%20Higher%20Education%20Governance_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/54029/; http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01900692.2015.1004085

In line with its Vision 2020, Malaysia has been implementing a series of ‘quality’ reforms in its higher education sector (Sirat, 2010). For critics, these reforms are driven by an ideological shift from the idea that knowledge is a “public good” (Dzulkifli, 2011, p. 28). This study explores whether...