Please join us for an EPE Colloquium Thursday, November 15th at 5:30 PM in room 109 Dickey Hall.
"Preparing for changes in Indonesian Higher
Education: Outsiders inside an
international development project"
Kirsten Turner and Beth Goldstein
Indonesia’s higher education system is moving from a
highly centralized to a less centralized system in which universities, colleges
and polytechnics will have more leeway to make their own curricular, personnel
and policy decisions and in which they will also have to assume more fiscal
responsibilities.
They are being charged with contributing to local and
national development, improving access and equity for
students, and striving for recognition in the regional and international higher
education arenas. Sound familiar?
In preparation for these transitions, the Indonesian
government sought development aid from a variety of external sources, among
these the U.S. Agency for International Development. This colloquium focuses on lessons learned
since Spring 2012, when Drs. Turner and Goldstein began work as consultants to
the resultant Indonesia Higher Education Leadership and Management project
funded by U.S. A.I.D.
