Exploration Study on Accountability Provisions at Indonesian Universities

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10.2991/978-2-494069-17-6_12How to use a DOI?

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Academic accountability; bureaucracy; education; higher education

Abstract

This study aims to obtain an overview of the substance and format of the accountability mechanism that must be implemented by both public and private universities in Indonesia. This study uses qualitative research methods with data collection through in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation. Check the validity of the data using source triangulation. While the data analysis used is an interactive model. The study results indicate that bureaucratic activities dominate the accountability provisions that universities in Indonesia must carry out. The function of the bureaucracy to protect the public interest is more dominant than higher education institutions to protect their academic interests. Although the ideal goal is understandable, the substance, format and accountability mechanisms that universities in Indonesia must implement are felt to burden their academic mission. Few or many of these accountability issues reduce the autonomy of higher education institutions in carrying out their academic missions. Therefore, the creativity of universities is becoming more limited, and the effectiveness of their products is not optimal and does not reach the practical world. Many accountability objectives to be achieved through various accountability rules are ineffective. On the contrary, many are counterproductive from the point of view of academic interests. There has been an awareness of the weaknesses of conventional accountability and a desire to change towards more modern accountability, but its effectiveness has not been tested.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Marita Ahdiyana
AU  - Argo Pambudi
AU  - Hardian Wahyu Widianto
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/17
TI  - Exploration Study on Accountability Provisions at Indonesian Universities
BT  - Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Research, Educational Implementation, Social Studies and History (AREISSH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 97
EP  - 107
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-17-6_12
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-17-6_12
ID  - Ahdiyana2022
ER  -