The challenging road to world-class university status

Challenges and Opportunities to Internationalize the Indonesian Higher Education Sector

“…Within the HE system, there are public and private universities, institutes, schools of higher learning, academies, community colleges, and polytechnics. The key policy challenges for the sector include inconsistent academic quality standards; inconsistent certification, accreditation, supervision, and monitoring techniques; and academics who do not possess post-graduate qualifications and research experience [9,28]. As with many other countries in the region ( [19], 21) there are problems for graduates transitioning to jobs, with most graduates being without full-time employment from four to eight months after graduation, and with many of those in jobs that are unrelated to the professions in which they were educated [29].…”

“…Internationalization differs from globalization, but they have linked processes. Internationalization of higher education is a process of integrating international/ intercultural elements across all elements of a university's operations including teaching, research, service functions, and community engagement [9]. Gao [39] suggests that there are six dimensions of internationalization.…”

“…Internationalization is a response to the impact and processes of globalization, where the HE sector responds to the globalization of the economy, the society, and the labor market through systematic programs that aim to incorporate internationalization into all the key university processes [9]. Internationalization can benefit universities by improving national and international recognition, developing strategic partnerships, expanding academic networks, generating knowledge, improving learning outcomes, increasing research output and quality, and leading to national and international funding opportunities.…”

“…Internationalization can benefit universities by improving national and international recognition, developing strategic partnerships, expanding academic networks, generating knowledge, improving learning outcomes, increasing research output and quality, and leading to national and international funding opportunities. Internationalization can integrate higher education systems into a global framework, produce graduates with a global vision and multicultural skills, improve the international exchange of staff and students, and build global partnerships [9].…”

“…Making progress toward the UN sustainable development goals, especially reducing poverty, improving living standards, and improving equity requires a significant investment in HE [8]. For this reason, it is important for a country like Indonesia to not only invest in the HE sector but ensure that the sector is efficient and effective [9]. To this end, examining internationalization is an important part of supporting the qualitative development of the HE sector.…”