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'M'sian public varsities shackled, despite autonomy status'
Published:  Jul 1, 2017 9:36 AM
Updated: 2:42 AM

A recent paper published by think-tank Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) claims that public universities in Malaysia are not given proper autonomy, despite being granted such a status.

"Although public universities are recognised as federal statutory bodies, they are still required to comply with the same framework of governance as the civil service in terms of salary scale, promotion criteria and procedures," wrote Wan Chang-Da, who authored the paper...

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