Malaysia and the Knowledge Economy : Building a World Class Higher Education System
This report assesses and analyzes the current state of the Malaysian university system and makes recommendations on ways to further strengthen existing higher education institutions. It looks in particular at the policy framework needed to support...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/8420628/malaysia-knowledge-economy-building-world-class-higher-education-system http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7861 |
| Summary: | This report assesses and analyzes the
current state of the Malaysian university system and makes
recommendations on ways to further strengthen existing
higher education institutions. It looks in particular at the
policy framework needed to support the growth and
development of the higher education system which include the
legal framework, quality assurance systems, incentives for
investment, R&D policies, financing mechanisms that help
low income students access education, and public financing
programs that direct subsidies to strategically important
institutions or fields of study. This report aims to
identify key challenges and appropriate solutions which
could constitute relevant policy advice for the Government
of Malaysia. It concentrates on the higher education sector,
including both public and private universities.
Notwithstanding the overall focus on the university sector,
the study makes occasional reference to the wider concept of
tertiary education system as needed. It also makes reference
to the broader concept of a national innovation system
(NIS), and devotes considerable attention to a number of
critical issues related specifically to the way that
improvements in the performance of higher education
institutions can lead to an overall better performance of
the NIS. The report is organized into two main parts. It
starts with a diagnosis of the present situation, relying on
a range of key indicators to benchmark Malaysia's
national innovation and higher education systems against
select OECD and East Asian countries and on an in-depth
analysis of the universities' main strengths and areas
of weaknesses. The second part provides policy
recommendations and detailed action plans to improve the
Malaysian higher education system, with special attention
paid to the research and innovation nexus, graduate
employment, quality assurance systems, financing mechanisms,
and the governance and management framework. |
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