Council: More dons ‘disappearing’ and it’s not good for our varsities


Situation around University Malaya at Petaling Jaya. FAIHAN GHANI/The Star.

PETALING JAYA: The letting go of staff is not isolated to Universiti Malaya alone.

It was previously reported that 156 out of 506 professors, aged between 61 and 70, at public universities did not have their contracts renewed last year, presumably due to budget cuts.

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