Malaysia has released the Zahid Report with over 100 recommendations for its higher education system, proposing a new direction for Malaysian higher education to become a top-quality degree provider. Crisp measures are indicated for public universities to more autonomously pursue world-class status whereas a moratorium on establishing a private institution is suggested due to skepticism about low academic quality, unfulfilling missions, diversifying private providers, and a mushrooming expansion of small private colleges. Nonetheless, some experts advocate equal priority, direction, and moratoria for both private and public institutions, arguing that the report centers too much on the public side.