A Grand Vision: MCA and Higher Education in Malaysia

Authors: Yap Hon Lun, H'ng Gaik Hong

Publisher: Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology

Year: August 2023

From a humble beginning with only hundreds of students crowded at borrowed premises, the two sister schools – TARUMT and UTAR have expanded into institutions with 50,000 students today, proudly landmarking themselves as the “twin-peaks” of higher education in Malaysia. When we look back at the past and gaze into the future, the two institutions established by MCA have lived up to the good name of the nation’s founding father Tunku Abdul Rahman – they continue to serve the Chinese community and steer the development of higher education in Malaysia.

This book is divided into two parts – TAR UMT and UTAR, comprehensively citing the meeting minutes, reports and special publications of MCA and the two institutions, as well as newspaper archives in MCA’s online resource centre and Singapore’s National Library Board. Referencing these first-hand resources, the book chronologically presents MCA’s participation in the development of higher education in Malaysia.

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高教宏图：马华公会与马来西亚高等教育

作者：叶汉伦、方奕鸿

出版：拉曼理工大学

年份：2023年7月

从最初四处流动以租借课室开始办学的数百人小型学院，如今发展成在籍生总人数近5万人的两所高等教育姐妹校，成为了马来西亚高教领域中的两座高峰；这一发展变迁无疑是当初的创办人所始料未及的。在回顾与前瞻之间，可以确定的是，马华公会推动创办了两所拉曼高校，绝对无愧于国父东姑阿都拉曼之盛名，亦有功于华社，更有益于马来西亚高等教育发展。

本书主要分为拉曼理工大学和拉曼大学两个部分，广泛采用两所拉曼高校和马华公会历年来的会议文件、报告书和特刊资料，以及马华公会网上资料中心剪报和新加坡国家图书馆管理局的线上报纸档案，以编年方式运用第一手资料呈现马华公会参与马来西亚高等教育建设与发展的历史图景。

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