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• W346698536 abstract "This paper attempts to highlight various issues and challenges facing universities in the new era. Finding the right balance and approach to the issues is of crucial importance. The traits expected of a self-respecting university to face the challenges are also given. All these traits embody the question of self-image, external image and the like. ********** Writing in a recent issue of Newsweek, John Mc Cormick (2000) opined that academia sounds heavenly: leafy campuses, adoring students and what have you. In the words of Daniel Mc Ginn (2000), however, colleges will always convey a certain image: Gothic buildings filled with postadolescents listening to tweed-clad professors. This is certainly true in a European or American University setting, In Malaysia we have no Gothic buildings in our campuses but our universities do have interesting historical roots. In terms of founding, public universities in Malaysia can be broadly categorised into two groups, one which are created and the other which are recreated or evolved. This is reminiscent of polytechnics being upgraded to universities in the United Kingdom (UK) in the early 90's. In the case of the UK they did it enmassed. In Malaysia the process is more ad hoc. Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) and Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) belong to the first category (See Table 1). Universiti Malaya (UM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Universiti Perguruan Sultan ldris (UPSI) and Universiti Institut Teknologi Mara (UiTM) are in the second category. Whatever their historical roots, these institutions of higher learning are playing an important role in the human resource development and nation building of Malaysia. UKM for example has existed for 30 years and the number of graduates it has produced is in the region of 61,000, a formidable figure indeed considering the fact that its pioneering batch of students back in 1970 numbered only 192. The past five years has also witnessed changes in terms of governance and academic structure of the universities. Governance in terms of corporatisation and restructuring in terms of merger of faculties have already taken place in some of the public universities regardless of historical roots Stamelos (1999) has also reported on the changing roles of Greek universities. The changes are said to be rapid and multidimensional. Changes as we are aware bring in its wake challenges and issues which universities must squarely face in order for them to survive and thrive in the new century. Issues or Challenges Facing the Local Universities One of the challenges facing the universities is the question of meeting the demand from different sets of clients i.e the on-campus and off-campus students. Ever since universities introduced distance-learning programmes (PJJ) to cater for ever pressing social needs, academics have to juggle their time meeting off-campus and on-campus teaching assignments. Apparently these assignments have exacted a toll on some of these academics. There are cases where lecturers after delivering week-end distance-learning lectures outstation cancel the Monday lectures on campus (Koh, 1998). Professor Datuk Anuwar Ali, the Vice-Chancellor of UKM has expressed concerned over the issue. This is an issue which calls for urgent attention so that neither sets of students are shortchanged. As a matter of interest, PJJ as in the case of UKM has enrolled about 6,500 students in a space of four years. One can imagine the pressing demand indeed! Another issue universities have to contend with is the question of nationalism versus internationalism. In the beginning the objectives of its founding fathers are ardently nationalistic in nature. After some years when universities have grown to maturity and confidence, they start to enroll foreign students so as to lend a cultural diversity and globalism to campus life. …" @default.
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