HKIER

Abstract

This paper is aimed at understanding the development of private higher education in Malaysia. It examines the socio-political forces that shape the private education sector, analyses the profile of private education, and infers some social implications to the Malaysian society as a whole. It highlights the rapid expansion of private education, its innovativeness and functions, and the ambivalence of the Malaysian government towards private education. This study shows that private higher education only plays a peripheral role in Malaysia. The private sector does not provide different or better higher education, but rather it provides "more of the same" as the public sector.

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