Transformation Of Indonesian Higher Education Towards A Developed Countries: Challenges And Opportunities In Developping A World Class University

Abstract

Indonesia has committed to become a developed country in the world top ten in 2025 and seven world rank in 2045. To achieve that vision, it has been and will continue to do two transformation process, that is the transformation in the field of education to prepare Indonesian golden generation and transformation in the economy in the form of acceleration and expansion of economic development. However, the achievement of Vision 2025 and the 2045 requires extra hard work, especially in the preparation of the golden generation which are able to actively participate in development activities. This reflective and analytical paper attempt to discuss the opportunities and challenges of the Indonesian higher education from the transformation perspective towards developed countries. Substantially, this paper will describe about the development of Indonesian higher education and its position on the world -class universities in the region and global as well as how the strategy should be prepared to lead a world-class university. Collective leadership resulted by 2014 Indonesia general elections is expected to give a clear political decision to bring Indonesia into a developed country. From the perspective of the transformation of higher education in Indonesia towards a world class university, the new figure of minister of education and culture is expected to be visionary, credible, professional and high integrity so that the quality of higher education Indonesian really world class levels.