Challenges of Students Housing Provision in Malaysia

Zubairu Abubakar Ghani, Noralfishah Sulaiman and Mohammed Ishaq Mohammed
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Zubairu Abubakar Ghani: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University
Noralfishah Sulaiman: Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Mohammed Ishaq Mohammed: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

Traektoriâ Nauki = Path of Science, 2020, vol. 6, issue 11, 2001-2012

Abstract: The world population has been growing tremendously, which surged up the demand and enrolment in educational institutions to unimaginable level globally. Similarly, Malaysia has witnessed tremendous growth in higher education both in the order and establishment of new higher education institutions (HEIs) to match up with the demand. However, there is no commensurate increase in the student housing facilities to match up with the growing enrolment and demand; hence, accommodate a certain proportion of the total students. The paper explored qualitative methodology data from in-depth expert interviews of selected public and private universities in Malaysia; discussed the problems of HEIs student housing provision to four identified themes: student enrolment, government policy, funding and land issues as what exacerbated the issues. Therefore, challenges for student housing provision are enormous; hence HEIs and Government cannot adequately respond and satisfy the demand unless private housing developers actively involved otherwise problems of student housing provision will continue to persist. JEL Classification: O18

Keywords: higher education institution; student housing; student housing provision; student enrolment; higher education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.22178/pos.64-3

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