COMMENT | Academia exists because it is human nature to search for the truth about something or everything.

Yet, while supposedly searching for truth, universities in Malaysia continue to ignore dishonest, unbalanced, excessive, and obsessive practices in the academy.

There are two very simple purposes of the university.

First, universities are meant to be safe spaces where clarity, freedom, and honesty of thought are nurtured.

Second, they are environments that value intellectual curiosity for its own sake...