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Enhancing Global Competence in Higher Education: Malaysia’s Strategic Initiatives

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Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific

Part of the book series: Higher Education Dynamics ((HEDY,volume 36))

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This chapter outlines Malaysia ’s Strategic Plan which encompasses the dual aims of repositioning higher education for democratization of education for the masses and achieving excellence through strategic internationalization policies. Within the backdrop of increasing global competitiveness, interconnectedness and diversity, it traces higher education in Malaysia and presents critical issues in addressing global competitiveness in the areas of international education and the hub strategy and human capital development with reference to the level of English proficiency among Malaysian graduates and academic staff. It examines policy drivers of the Strategic Plan and analyses the overarching principles governing change in Malaysian higher education which has been strongly characterized by placing an emphasis on key performance indicators and the push for greater efficiency, transparency and accountability. The authors discuss key aspects of the Strategic Plan (2007–2010) that puts forward a number of transformation strategies that aim to reinvigorate Malaysian higher education.

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  1. Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

    Gurnam Kaur Sidhu

  2. School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

    Sarjit Kaur

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  1. Centre for the Study of, Higher Education (CSHE), University of Melbourne, Swanston Street 715, Melbourne, 3010, Victoria, Australia

    Simon Marginson

  2. , English Studies Section, School of Human, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, 11800, Malaysia

    Sarjit Kaur

  3. , International Education Research Centre, Central Queensland University, Level 8, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 123, Melbourne, Victoria, 3800, Australia

    Erlenawati Sawir

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Sidhu, G., Kaur, S. (2011). Enhancing Global Competence in Higher Education: Malaysia’s Strategic Initiatives. In: Marginson, S., Kaur, S., Sawir, E. (eds) Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 36. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1500-4_11

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