The lost dignity of universities and academia


THE support of the discredited National Council of Professors (MPN) in withholding the degree of a Universiti Malaya (UM) student after his demonstration against the racist speeches of his vice-chancellor spells an almost total lost of dignity in academia and universities.

I said “almost” because the Council of Professors was discredited by over 50% of Malaysians in the last general election.

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