{"title":"The Universities and University Colleges Act in Malaysia: History, Contexts and Development","authors":"C. Wan","doi":"10.21315/km2019.37.2.1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In Malaysia, Akta Universiti dan Kolej Universiti (AUKU) is the main legislation that governs public universities. It was enacted in 1971 and amended six times that had profound implications for the development of higher education, particularly on the governance and autonomy of public universities. However, the days of AUKU are numbered as the current Government in its election manifesto has slated for the act to be revoked and abolished. This paper examines the historical and chronological development of AUKU, more specifically the socio-politicaleconomic situation at the time of enactment and each subsequent amendment. In addition, the article also explores thematic issues related to AUKU, namely academic freedom and autonomy as well as the control of the State and Government on public universities.","PeriodicalId":43145,"journal":{"name":"Kajian Malaysia","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Kajian Malaysia","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.21315/km2019.37.2.1","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"AREA STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In Malaysia, Akta Universiti dan Kolej Universiti (AUKU) is the main legislation that governs public universities. It was enacted in 1971 and amended six times that had profound implications for the development of higher education, particularly on the governance and autonomy of public universities. However, the days of AUKU are numbered as the current Government in its election manifesto has slated for the act to be revoked and abolished. This paper examines the historical and chronological development of AUKU, more specifically the socio-politicaleconomic situation at the time of enactment and each subsequent amendment. In addition, the article also explores thematic issues related to AUKU, namely academic freedom and autonomy as well as the control of the State and Government on public universities.
在马来西亚,Akta Universiti dan Kolej Universiti (AUKU)是管理公立大学的主要立法。它于1971年颁布,经过六次修订,对高等教育的发展产生了深远的影响,特别是在公立大学的治理和自治方面。但是,随着现政府在选举宣言中主张废除该法案,AUKU的日子已经不多了。本文考察了AUKU的历史和时间发展,更具体地说,是制定时的社会政治经济状况以及随后的每次修订。此外,文章还探讨了与AUKU有关的专题问题,即学术自由和自治以及国家和政府对公立大学的控制。