Applying the student-as-partner model within the context of Malaysian public institutions of higher learning

• Main Authors: Tat, Huam Hon, Hwa, Magdalene Ang Chooi, Shamsuddin, Ahmad Sharifuddin, Md. Salleh, Nor Zafir
• Format: Book Section
• Published: Penerbit UTM 2008
• Subjects: HD28 Management. Industrial Management
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/16823/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Higher education has attempted to define its student population using metaphors over the past decades (Hoffman & Kretovics, 2004). This has inevitably given rise to multiple metaphors of which three are more frequently used - “the student-as-product” (Emery et al., 2001; Srivanci, 1996); “the...