Multiversity is pleased to circulate the following resolutions adopted at the Muslim Universiies Vice-Chancellors’/Presidents’ Forum held on 19-20 October 2010.
MUSLIM UNIVERSITIES VICE-CHANCELLORS’/PRESIDENTS’ FORUM (MUVCF)
19-20 OCTOBER, 2010
LE MERIDIAN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Theme:
CHARTING NEW DIRECTIONS FOR MUSLIM UNIVERSITIES:
MUST WE SUBSCRIBE TO WESTERN IDEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL CONSTRUCTS?
Resolutions
Resolution 1
The Muslim Universities Vice-Chancellors’ Forum, in its 19th-20th October, 2010 forum, declares the urgent need to look for an Islamic approach to higher education, collectively, for developing minds with Islamic and universal values.
Resolution 2
Given the diverse structures and ideologies of higher education models, Muslim universities must focus on a criterion-referenced as opposed to norm-referenced higher education approach. The latter is derived from the Eurocentric system whilst the former is based on the best practices in early Muslim and relevant western institutions. Read the rest of this entry »