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This chapter presents the history of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and discusses the strategic responses taken by its leaders in tackling various issues and challenges plaguing the provision of quality higher education, ranging from educational partnerships, international student support, research and innovation to academic cooperation, research collaborations and organizational and support structures. The authors present a synthesized analysis of USM’s past and current initiatives and explicate the range of market-driven as well as community-led initiatives adopted by USM in helping Malaysia and the northern region produce quality human capital development within the current global landscape of diminishing funding provisions for research and development activities. In addition, USM’s role in promoting sustainable higher education activities, as Malaysia ’s first university in the Accelerated Programme for Excellence (APEX), is analysed within the present constraints, realities and pressures facing higher education in the country.
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Notes
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Malaysian Ringat RM 1.00 = USD 0.294 on January 23, 2010.
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At the time of writing the innovation park was expected to become a reality with the launching of the Science and Arts Innovation Space (SPACE) later in 2008 (Ahmad Farhan 2008).
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This does not include academic staff who went on sabbatical leave at other institutions in the world.
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Kaur, S., Sirat, M., Mat Isa, N. (2011). Universiti Sains Malaysia: Its Strategic Response to Globalization. In: Marginson, S., Kaur, S., Sawir, E. (eds) Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 36. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1500-4_9
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