tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post116230461848462426..comments2024-03-21T20:10:28.943+08:00Comments on EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA: Interesting Jots by JoshUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1162355591509233952006-11-01T12:33:00.000+08:002006-11-01T12:33:00.000+08:00Black Mojo,From baby to adult = crawling to runnin...Black Mojo,<BR/><BR/>From baby to adult = crawling to running. (Adult over 40 must be careful cannot run very fast one - sakit jantung)<BR/><BR/>So for academician, I think its ok to start with small scale research, publish in house journal etc present paper locally. (make you comfortable with the environment), BUT the uni must recognised their efforts. Upon promotion they cannot crawl but to walk and jog. This time, medium scale reseach, publish in house and also reputable local journals. Present papers locally and interationally. Start to write text book and supervised post grad.<BR/><BR/>Another promotion, cannot jog anymore. U must run and run. Must lead a reseach team, publish locally and internationally plus high end journals etc. Write refference books.<BR/><BR/>When u got another promotion, run faster. Become mentor to the juniors. Teach them to do research, write and publish. Lead research team. <BR/><BR/>Black Mojo, only my 2 cents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1162352177107142792006-11-01T11:36:00.000+08:002006-11-01T11:36:00.000+08:00If we are talking about doing "Micky Mouse" qualit...If we are talking about doing "Micky Mouse" quality research, then it has no impact and just a waste of time.<BR/><BR/>If we are talking about publishing research papers that are "in house faculty or department" research journals is similarly a waste of time. Respectability in publications in the top end world class journals should be the objective. Regional proceedings and non reputable journals should not be taken at all into considerations for promotions.<BR/><BR/>One of the biggest sickness in our academic universities is that those who are not DIRECTLY involved in the research but somehow cajoled their way in the authors of the papers should be censured . This is a common syndrome,,,ask our famous Billboard Hashim to clarify thisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1162337394820210862006-11-01T07:29:00.000+08:002006-11-01T07:29:00.000+08:00So this post is saying that it takes a multitude o...So this post is saying that it takes a multitude of factors to make a great research university. Yes but there is element of luck too. If you look at the history of best universities, it takes a consistent set of policies for a long time before it becomes a great universities and if you examine their history, they are marked by participation in great events. For example, MIT was not really recognized as a top institution until the World Warr II when the defense budget allocated huge amount of money to research which MIT was able to take advantage off. Stanford U was not well-known until the advent of computer technology and rise of Silicon Valley and venture capital. Harvard itself rose above Yale because of the rise of its link to many Presidential and other political alumnis.<BR/><BR/>For many years NUS was a good teaching university but its recognition in recent years has basically because of government allocation of research funds. Yet it has produced mostly contributary research and unremarkable practical research result.<BR/><BR/>Research is about believing in a culture and takes a lots of lots of money and resources and who will reap the benefit is not certain. So long as we are preoccupied with who gets what, it will still be a long road before we begin to travel in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com