Open AccessWIDENING ACCESS IS THE END OF STORY? ENSURING EQUAL ACCESS AND IMPROVING CONTINUATION RATIO OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDONESIA
Author(s) -
Rizqy Amelia Zein
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jurnal kependudukan indonesia/jurnal kependudukan indonesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2502-8537
pISSN - 1907-2902
DOI - 10.14203/jki.v11i2.78
Subject(s) - indonesian , disadvantaged , higher education , christian ministry , access to higher education , economic growth , political science , demographic economics , sociology , business , mathematics education , psychology , economics , law , philosophy , linguistics
In the last two decades, Indonesian higher education system has expanded rapidly in regards to the number of new established institutions and the number of students enrolled in higher education. However, the participation rate within university level is stated as low. In 2016, it only reached 31 percent. It means, although massification has been implemented within higher education system, it is not in line in ensuring equal access to pupils from disadvantaged social groups such as women, lower socio-economic statuses, and students from outer or periphery areas. Rather, it has been evident as a daunting task. Widening participation is not the end of story, since Indonesia should be dealing with another problem which is non-continuation. By performing secondary analysis on several datasets released by World Bank, Indonesian Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education, and Indonesian Statistics Bureau, this paper explores several major findings on accessibility and retention problem of Indonesian higher education.