Higher education institutions students housing provision for off–campus living in Malaysia

It has long been recognized in many pieces of literature that there has been a significant increase in demand for higher education (HE) as a result of which higher education institutions (universities) are experiencing tremendous growth in student population. In the last two decades, enrolment has n...

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Main Author:	Ghani, Zubairu Abubakar
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	HD Industries Land use Labor LC237-238.4 College-university and the community
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spelling	my-uthm-ep.2852021-07-21T02:26:55Z Higher education institutions students housing provision for off–campus living in Malaysia 2018-11 Ghani, Zubairu Abubakar HD Industries. Land use. Labor LC237-238.4 College-university and the community It has long been recognized in many pieces of literature that there has been a significant increase in demand for higher education (HE) as a result of which higher education institutions (universities) are experiencing tremendous growth in student population. In the last two decades, enrolment has not been corresponding with student housing provision which makes universities incapacitated to accommodate the growing student population. This generates striking student demand for alternative housing in the neighbourhoods’ private rental market. In many countries, private housing developers are not actively pulled up in the provision of student housing and in Malaysia, the situation is not different. Student housing is an entity in housing studies which researchers relegated to the background. This may not be unconnected to the perception that it has been a complete responsibility of institutions thereby has relative fewer problems in terms of financing, quality and provision of infrastructure facilities and services. Similarly, in Malaysia there are little research conducted on student housing provision and this research will add to the research of its kind. The methodology adopted in this study was pure qualitative research approach, expert interviews were the research method used for data collection. Data analysis was conducted using Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software [CAQDAS], NVivo version 10. The research found that universities and the private rental market are the providers of student housing; found also some drivers for student housing provision such as government policies, finance, land, enrolment and hostel capacity. It was found that macro private housing developers are not very active in the provision of student housing for obvious reasons, the research investigated factors influencing the provision of student housing and it was found that significant factors hindering provision are government policies, finance, land issues, cost of managing, student demand and proceeds. Inevitably, considering students’ population growth, the inability of government or universities to provide adequate student housing and non-participation of macro-housing developers, the problems will be exacerbated in the future and will not be encouraging to educational development. 2018-11 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/285/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/285/1/ZUBAIRU%20ABUBAKAR%20GHANI%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf text en staffonly http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/285/2/24p%20ZUBAIRU%20ABUBAKAR%20GHANI.pdf text en public http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/285/3/ZUBAIRU%20ABUBAKAR%20GHANI%20WATERMARK.pdf text en validuser phd doctoral Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Fakulti Pengurusan Teknologi dan Perniagaan
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language	English English English
topic	HD Industries Land use Labor LC237-238.4 College-university and the community
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description	It has long been recognized in many pieces of literature that there has been a significant increase in demand for higher education (HE) as a result of which higher education institutions (universities) are experiencing tremendous growth in student population. In the last two decades, enrolment has not been corresponding with student housing provision which makes universities incapacitated to accommodate the growing student population. This generates striking student demand for alternative housing in the neighbourhoods’ private rental market. In many countries, private housing developers are not actively pulled up in the provision of student housing and in Malaysia, the situation is not different. Student housing is an entity in housing studies which researchers relegated to the background. This may not be unconnected to the perception that it has been a complete responsibility of institutions thereby has relative fewer problems in terms of financing, quality and provision of infrastructure facilities and services. Similarly, in Malaysia there are little research conducted on student housing provision and this research will add to the research of its kind. The methodology adopted in this study was pure qualitative research approach, expert interviews were the research method used for data collection. Data analysis was conducted using Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software [CAQDAS], NVivo version 10. The research found that universities and the private rental market are the providers of student housing; found also some drivers for student housing provision such as government policies, finance, land, enrolment and hostel capacity. It was found that macro private housing developers are not very active in the provision of student housing for obvious reasons, the research investigated factors influencing the provision of student housing and it was found that significant factors hindering provision are government policies, finance, land issues, cost of managing, student demand and proceeds. Inevitably, considering students’ population growth, the inability of government or universities to provide adequate student housing and non-participation of macro-housing developers, the problems will be exacerbated in the future and will not be encouraging to educational development.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Ghani, Zubairu Abubakar
author_facet	Ghani, Zubairu Abubakar
author_sort	Ghani, Zubairu Abubakar
title	Higher education institutions students housing provision for off–campus living in Malaysia
title_short	Higher education institutions students housing provision for off–campus living in Malaysia
title_full	Higher education institutions students housing provision for off–campus living in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Higher education institutions students housing provision for off–campus living in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Higher education institutions students housing provision for off–campus living in Malaysia
title_sort	higher education institutions students housing provision for off–campus living in malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
granting_department	Fakulti Pengurusan Teknologi dan Perniagaan
publishDate	2018
url	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/285/1/ZUBAIRU%20ABUBAKAR%20GHANI%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/285/2/24p%20ZUBAIRU%20ABUBAKAR%20GHANI.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/285/3/ZUBAIRU%20ABUBAKAR%20GHANI%20WATERMARK.pdf
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Higher education institutions students housing provision for off–campus living in Malaysia

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