UMP vice-chancellor rebuts accusation by Harvard economist


Dr Daing has been re-appointed as the vice-chancellor of UMP.

KUANTAN: Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Daing Nasir Ibrahim (pic) has disputed a Harvard economist’s statement that choices of leadership in Malaysian universities are the reason for failure to produce graduates needed to create a high-income economy.

Dr Daing said it was baffling that Prof Dwight H. Perkins singled out the chief executive as a factor in determining the performance of a university.

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