Strategic planning directions of Malaysia's higher education: University autonomy in the midst of political uncertainties

Higher Education

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-473

  Sirat, Morshidi Bin ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Malaysia; Political uncertainties; Public universities; State University relations; Strategic plan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951205915     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9259-0     Document Type: Article

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