Agenda Pembangunan Universiti Awam di Malaysia: Kesamaan dan Perbezaan Tindakan DEVELOPMENT AGENDAS IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN MALAYSIA: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF ACTIONS

Abstract

This article presents research findings regarding development agendas of some public universities in Malaysia and their different actions in pursuing the agendas. The research was based on the central-peripheral theory of development and learning organization theory. The research employed the survey method involving 715 respondents comprising faculty administrators and top university management officers at 10 public universities. Findings from this research reveal that the high priority agendas are quality instruction and learning, expansion of the post-graduate study programmes, academic excellence, publicity and promotion of post-graduate programmes, student welfare programmes, and quality university management.

Artikel ini memaparkan hasil kajian tentang agenda pembangunan di universiti awam di Malaysia serta variasi antara universiti dalam tindak-tanduk mereka melaksanakan agenda pembangunan. Kajian bersandarkan teori pembangunan pusatpinggiran dan teori pembelajaran organisasi. Kajian menggunakan soal selidik tinjauan dan melibatkan seramai 715 orang responden yang terdiri daripada pengurusan tertinggi universiti dan fakulti di 10 buah universiti awam. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa agenda yang sangat diutamakan ialah pengajaran dan pembelajaran yang berkualiti, pembangunan program pasca ijazah, kecemerlangan akademik, promosi program pasca ijazah dan program kebajikan pelajar, dan kualiti pengurusan universiti.