USM lecturer: Racial divide on campus serious

comments     Susan Loone     Published     Updated

A Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) lecturer said racial polarisation on campus was a serious issue despite a survey claiming otherwise.

The ongoing study by USM's Institute of National Higher Education Research said ethnic polarisation could be "more of a manifestation of a coping mechanism involved to facilitate settling into new life experiences".

According to the survey, students form ethnic cliques in studying, socialising and eating out but these decisions merely form a transient social statement.

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