Most Indonesian university lecturers are reluctant to pursue higher education, from either domestic or foreign universities, in order to broaden their knowledge and horizons, said an official.
“We are offered so many scholarship programs by local and foreign universities, but only a few of our lecturers have taken these great opportunities,” Dewa Ngurah Suparta, professor of agriculture at the University of Udayana in Denpasar, said on Tuesday.
Suparta is secretary of the joint program between the National Education Ministry’s Director General for Higher Learning Institutions and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
The JSPS has offered 10 scholarships at several top-notch universities in Japan as well as financial support for research projects in science and humanities.
“There are many more foreign institutions which have opened doors for Indonesian lecturers to upgrade their educations,” added Suparta.
He encouraged lecturers from universities across Indonesia, especially those located outside Java and Bali, to apply for the scholarships.
Since 2008, the Indonesian government has provided 1,000 scholarships for local lecturers to continue their graduate and post-graduate studies in local and foreign universities.
“The government has allocated Rp 3 trillion [US$330 million] for scholarships, but only 300 lecturers, mostly from big universities, have taken the opportunity,” he added.
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05 Desember 2011
07 Juli 2011
Professors: Cash Cows or Intellectual Leaders?
There are lots of books and articles about university leadership and management. But the role of 'full' or 'chair' professors rarely, if ever, gets a mention. This seems a curious omission. The reason for it is that universities have gradually converted the role of professors into narrowly defined knowledge entrepreneurs. My own research shows that professors often feel excluded or marginalised within their own institutions as a result. Why has this happened?
There was a time when a 'full' or 'chair' professor would be an all-rounder. They would teach, conduct research and probably also be the head of department. This latter role was essential in the days before the rise of managerialism, when university senates were still powerful. Professors were influential members of such bodies as of right. Without a professor as head an academic department would be effectively unrepresented.
But the expansion of higher education has withered the power of senates and the relative influence of professors. Academic self-governance is in retreat and professors are increasingly seen as cosmopolitans rather than organisational 'locals'.
As higher education has globalised and massified, the role of professors has unbundled. The 'research' professor has replaced the all-rounder as the default model.
More on the University World News site
Source: University World News, Issue No: 0178, 03 July 2011
There was a time when a 'full' or 'chair' professor would be an all-rounder. They would teach, conduct research and probably also be the head of department. This latter role was essential in the days before the rise of managerialism, when university senates were still powerful. Professors were influential members of such bodies as of right. Without a professor as head an academic department would be effectively unrepresented.
But the expansion of higher education has withered the power of senates and the relative influence of professors. Academic self-governance is in retreat and professors are increasingly seen as cosmopolitans rather than organisational 'locals'.
As higher education has globalised and massified, the role of professors has unbundled. The 'research' professor has replaced the all-rounder as the default model.
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Source: University World News, Issue No: 0178, 03 July 2011
15 Desember 2008
Female Domination to Strengthen
John Gerritsen*
Women will account for more than 70% of higher education students in Austria and England and for an average of 59% across the developed world by 2025, a new OECD report indicates. The report, Higher Education to 2030, said in 2005, 55% of higher education students in the 30 OECD nations were women and women accounted for 60% or more of higher education enrolments in Norway, Sweden and Iceland. But by 2025, 10 nations would have student bodies that were 60% or more female and the OECD average would be 59%, the report said.
Full report on the University World News site
Source: University World News, Issue No: 0057 14 December 2008
Women will account for more than 70% of higher education students in Austria and England and for an average of 59% across the developed world by 2025, a new OECD report indicates. The report, Higher Education to 2030, said in 2005, 55% of higher education students in the 30 OECD nations were women and women accounted for 60% or more of higher education enrolments in Norway, Sweden and Iceland. But by 2025, 10 nations would have student bodies that were 60% or more female and the OECD average would be 59%, the report said.
Full report on the University World News site
Source: University World News, Issue No: 0057 14 December 2008
11 Mei 2008
Penduduk yang Terabaikan
Nugraha Setiawan
Memang aneh di negara kita ini, katanya pembangunan itu akhir-akhirnya ditujukan untuk menyejahterakan penduduk. Namun apa yang terjadi, sejak jaman penjajahan hingga saat ini, kebijakan yang dibuat pemerintah, kalau kita boleh jujur, masih menempatkan penduduk sebagai objek dari kebijakan itu sendiri, bukannya menjadi subjek dari kebijakan yang dibuat.
Coba renungkan dengan hati yang jernih dan jujur. Kebijakan Ujian Akhir Nasional untuk anak-anak kita yang masih sekolah di SMP dan SMA, apakah betul untuk meningkatkan mutu pendidikan, untuk meningkatkan kualitas Sumber Daya Manusia Indonesia, atau hanya terkait dengan keinginan departemen yang mengurus pendidikan untuk tetap bisa mengelola anggaran yang besarnya mencapai setengah triliun rupiah lebih?
Memang aneh di negara kita ini, katanya pembangunan itu akhir-akhirnya ditujukan untuk menyejahterakan penduduk. Namun apa yang terjadi, sejak jaman penjajahan hingga saat ini, kebijakan yang dibuat pemerintah, kalau kita boleh jujur, masih menempatkan penduduk sebagai objek dari kebijakan itu sendiri, bukannya menjadi subjek dari kebijakan yang dibuat.
Coba renungkan dengan hati yang jernih dan jujur. Kebijakan Ujian Akhir Nasional untuk anak-anak kita yang masih sekolah di SMP dan SMA, apakah betul untuk meningkatkan mutu pendidikan, untuk meningkatkan kualitas Sumber Daya Manusia Indonesia, atau hanya terkait dengan keinginan departemen yang mengurus pendidikan untuk tetap bisa mengelola anggaran yang besarnya mencapai setengah triliun rupiah lebih?
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