BUKU ABSTRAK - Universiti Putra Malaysia

Assessment Tools for Sustainability in Higher Education to Create Sustainable
Campus
Dr. Kamariah Dola
Faculty of Design and Architecture, University Putra Malaysia,
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
+603-8946 4061; drkamariahupm@gmail.com
Keywords: Sustainable campus, campus community, sustainable development awareness
Semangat Patriotisme dalam Kalangan Mahasiswa Bukan Melayu di IPT Sekitar
Lembah Kelang
Dr. Ku Hasnita Ku Samsu
Mohd. Haizam Mohd. Nor
Faculty of Human Ecology, University Putra Malaysia,
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
+603-8946 7878; hasnita@putra.upm.edu.my
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Social Sciences
This research aims to create a tool to assess sustainable development effort in higher education in Malaysia
and to test its application. The fourth mission in Ninth Malaysia Plan clearly stated the need to improve the standard
and sustainability of quality of life. In addition, the Malaysian National Urbanization Policy clearly stated for the
need to create a safe and healthy city for Malaysian. These goals may not be attained without a concerted effort
to secure sustainability, especially at the higher education level where it could create multiplier effect to industry
and society as a whole. This research will identify important attributes for sustainability assessment process at
higher education. The benefits of creating and using cross-institutional tool for campus sustainability assessments
include: identifying attributes for sustainability assessment such as energy resource consumption, environmental
loadings, indoor environmental quality, service quality and social and economic aspects. The assessment may be
used to benchmarking leaders of best practices and providing a directional tool to measure progress toward the
concept of a sustainable campus. It will also identify strengths, weaknesses of current practice and implication for
future sustainability effort for Malaysian Higher Education. Findings could assist Higher Education Institutions to
facilitate sustainable development efforts in their activities, curriculum and built environment as a way to create
sustainable graduates and society.
Berdasarkan laporan-laporan media semenjak tahun 2003, statistik daripada Polis Diraja Malaysia dan
Akademi Tentera Malaysia, didapati penglibatan generasi muda bukan Melayu terutamanya kaum Cina dan India
dalam institusi pertahanan negara yang merupakan manifestasi utama kepada semangat patriotisme amat sedikit
sekali. Sekaligus hal ini menggambarkan semangat patriotisme yang kurang meyakinkan di kalangan mereka.
Justeru itu, kajian ini dilakukan secara saintifik untuk melihat sejauh manakah semangat patriotisme di kalangan
generasi muda bukan Melayu tersebut terhadap negara. Kajian ini melibatkan seramai 743 responden yang dipilih
dari dua buah IPTA dan dua buah IPTS. Kesemua lokasi IPT yang dipilih ini terletak di sekitar Lembah Kelang.
Data kajian diperolehi melalui soal selidik yang telah dianalisis secara deskriptif dan inferensi seperti analisis
min, peratusan dan ujian ANOVA sehala. Hasil kajian ini menunjukkan semangat patriotisme di kalangan generasi
muda bukan Melayu terbabit adalah sederhana. Seterusnya, perbandingan semangat patriotisme di kalangan
responden dalam kajian ini telah dilakukan dengan semangat patriotisme yang ditunjukkan di luar negara seperti
Amerika Syarikat, Kanada, Itali, Thailand, Indonesia, Iran, China, dan Korea Selatan.
Keywords: Semangat patriotisme, mahasiswa bukan Melayu, institusi pengajian tinggi awam, institusi pengajian tinggi
swasta, institusi pertahanan negara