THE INDONESIAN STATE UNIVERSITY IN FLUX: ACADEMICS AND THE NEO-LIBERAL TURN

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Abstract

This thesis aims to better understand the under life of Indonesian academics during implementation of major policy changes associated with the Higher Education Act 2012. More specifically the study sought to explore and analyse the principal changes as experienced by academics in Indonesian state universities, how academics responded to these changes and the impact of these changes upon the nature of academic work and organisations. The research undertaken was in the form of a multiple-embedded case study using semi-structured interviews, observations, and document analysis as instruments to collect data. Interviews were conducted with 30 academics in three state universities in Indonesia. The findings demonstrate how Indonesian academics’ work is moving away from their traditional functions and roles towards new prescribed roles revealing tensions between maintaining their existing identities and pressures from the external environment to adapt. Using Scott’s notion of ‘weapons of the weak’ the study reveals how Indonesian academics have resisted and accommodated policy reform in ways that have taken largely discursive and unobtrusive forms.It is anticipated that the study will both contribute to a better understanding of the dynamics of academics’ work lives as they encounter large scale reform, and offer guidance for policy makers in the formulation and enactment of relevant policy

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Neoliberal, higher education, Indonesia, Policy

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