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Download full textAli, Ibrahim – Asian Journal of University Education, 2016
The topic of affirmative actions in higher education consists of two interrelated areas of inquiry which have long been discussed in many different contexts. This article gives accounts about affirmative action and its cases in higher education in Malaysia. Beginning with a summary of various aspects of affirmative action, the article highlights…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Affirmative Action, Higher Education, Educational Development
Herman, Harold D. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2017
This paper explains the concepts of Affirmative Action (AA) and Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) and the policies developed in post-Apartheid South Africa. It compares it to similar policies adopted in different contexts in Malaysia, India and the U.S.A. It explains and critiques the South African policies on AA and BEE, its history since 1994 and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Affirmative Action, Blacks, Empowerment
Cheong, Kee-Cheok; Hill, Christopher; Leong, Yin-Ching – Journal of International and Comparative Education, 2016
Since gaining independence in 1957, the Federation of Malaya and now Malaysia has implemented education policies to broaden access, to unify an ethnically diverse population through a common curriculum and language, to enable the disadvantaged to catch up through affirmative action, and to build human capital as the country seeks to become an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Program Implementation, Educational Objectives
Direct linkHill, Christopher; Cheong, Kee-Cheok; Leong, Yin-Ching; Fernandez-Chung, Rozilini – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
Transnational education, primarily at the tertiary level, has been growing rapidly, bringing with it high hopes and expectations of benefits to institutions in the countries of origin and destination. However, these potential benefits come with a set of challenges that must be overcome. These challenges include the need to reconcile the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Global Approach, Case Studies
Kenayathulla, Husaina Banu – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2015
Malaysia is a multi-ethnic country in which the government gives preferential treatment in education, employment, and ownership to its majority ethnic group: Bumiputera. However, affirmative action policies in the current Malaysian context should work according to John Rawls' Theory of Justice by being based on income rather than ethnicity.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethics, Affirmative Action, Educational Policy
Montesino, Max U. – Online Submission, 2007
This paper looks at the net societal balance of post-independence affirmative action policies in Malaysia. Social imbalances prompted the country to implement affirmative policies to uplift the majority natives (Malays, Indigenous people of Sabah and Sarawak, etc.). These policies were reluctantly accepted by the immigrant communities (Chinese,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Ethnic Diversity, Indigenous Populations, Public Policy
