University Senates get the treatment

In this editorial in The Star, Dr Arzmi Yaacob, a management academic in a local university, outlines his idea that management staff in universities should be composed of professionals and not academics. While this is pertinent,  the heart of the matter is that the senates have lost their influence in matters at the core of a university's existence, academic excellence. Management now is more interested in prestige, politics and finance. No university will excel if academia is not its main goal, irrespective of who's running it.http://keptinslogs.blogspot.com/p/meded.html