What does the Malay Dignity Congress tell us about our universities and academia?

By Prof Dr Mohd Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi
  • Letters

  • Wednesday, 09 Oct 2019

THE aftermath of the Malay Dignity Congress organised by four public universities – Universiti Malaya (UM), Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) – has left Malaysians pondering a simple question:

What the hell is going on with our public universities?

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