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Higher Education in Indonesia: Contemporary Challenges in Governance, Access, and Quality

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This chapter presents the development of Indonesian higher education since its origins to current challenges in the fields of governance, autonomy, access, equity, quality, and internationalization. Indonesia has a massive and diversified tertiary education system, including experiments in community colleges and online programs. The higher educational system remains mainly centralized, with the exception of some reforms toward financial autonomy. Insufficient public funding hinders the capacity to provide adequate teaching, research, and facilities among other aspects. The consequential rise in student fees contributes to an overrepresentation of students from Java, urban centers, and higher social classes.

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  3. Education Department, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

    John N. Hawkins

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    Deane E. Neubauer

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Logli, C. (2016). Higher Education in Indonesia: Contemporary Challenges in Governance, Access, and Quality. In: Collins, C., Lee, M., Hawkins, J., Neubauer, D. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Asia Pacific Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48739-1_37

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