My favorite UiTM story is when UiTM realized they need diversity to rise in the all-important QS rankings. So it was decided to open post-graduate admission to foreigners, on the condition that applicants were bumiputeras *in their own country*.
This led to the very curious outcome whereby a Chinese *from China* could apply to UiTM for a master's degree but an ethnic Chinese Malaysian still could not.
Further complications were in store: White Americans = Bumiputera of USA? Yes? No? Well how about Black Americans then...? Imagine trying to derive a ruling on the native status of all the Peoples of the World!
I don't remember how that policy ended up - maybe @johngray22 knows
Sebenarnya, sebagai seorang rakyat USA, saya amat faham kepentingan mengadakan universiti khas untuk membangunkan suatu bangsa. USA ada beberapa universiti sebegini: Howard, Morehouse, Tuskegee dan lain-lain lagi.
Dulu untuk African-American sahaja, sekarang dikenali sebagai HBCU: *Historically* Black Colleges & Universities, kerana bangsa lain sudah boleh masuk tanpa had. Walaupun sudah terbuka, kemasukan masih lebih dari 90% orang kulit hitam dan kampus masih kekal suasana Blacknya.
Ibubapa saya – berkulitputih - merupakan alumni sebuah HBCU, University of the Virgin Islands. Kerana pernah masuk ke uni tersebut, mereka lebih faham, lebih sayang dan lebih senang berinteraksi dgn bangsa kulit hitam. 
Mungkin kerana sejarah keluarga sendiri, saya terpaksa mengaku bahawa saya merasa UiTM pun patut jadi HBCU juga, pada suatu hari nanti: Historically Bumiputera College & University.
