"To build a good university, I say that the key is LOTEK," Acting Director General of Higher Education, Research, and Technology (Dirjen Diktiristek) Nizam stated in Jakarta on Thursday.
Nizam said that Leadership must exist at all levels in universities with organization and governance, especially at state universities (PTN) and private universities (PTS) given broad, strong, and full autonomy.
Ownership, or a sense of belonging, must be embedded throughout the academic community, as it is directly related to life, death, progress, and decline of the college.
Furthermore, under Transformation, higher education institutions must be able to conduct transformations that keep up with changing times in order to create human resources (HR) that are in line with the industry needs.
For Entrepreneurship, Nizam believes that it does not always mean making a business but rather the ability to spot opportunities and immediately seize them.
"Entrepreneurship spirit must exist at every level," he affirmed.
For Efficiency, he believes that universities should make efficient use of existing resources precisely, as it will accelerate the pace of change as expected.
Moreover, Creativity and Collaboration are needed in higher education both nationally and internationally.
Nizam emphasized that universities must run LOTEK as a step out of their comfort zone, as destruction in the world of education is occurring at an increasingly rapid pace.
Universities need to get out of their comfort zone to always innovate and be creative, focus on graduates to be produced, and collaborate with all stakeholders.
"Higher education institutions need to upgrade themselves in order to remain relevant and exist, so that they also change color and are not left behind by change," he emphasized.
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