Universities bear the brunt of cuts as economy slows

By Yojana Sharma. Malaysia’s public universities are reeling after higher education appeared to bear the brunt of cuts announced in the 2016 budget last week. Higher education will see a decrease of MYR1.4 billion (US$325 million) compared to the previous year – a drop of some 15% from MYR15,785 billion in last year’s budget to some MYR13.3 billion. Read more...