ACADEMIC REFORM AND SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH MANAGEMENT OF LECTURER INTEGRITY STRENGTHENING

Abstract

This study aims to determine the academic reform agenda at Muhammadiyah University in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. This reform agenda is interesting to do because this academic reform has become exemplary agenda followed by other Muhammadiyah universities in Indonesia. Muhammadiyah University in South Sulawesi is an educational institution developing, starting from changing its shape from high school to university. Some are merging or merging high schools into universities. The progress of Muhammadiyah universities that can be a role model, namely the University of Muhammadiyah Makassar, is a university that has long been transformed into a university compared to other PTMs in South Sulawesi so that it can be an indicator of the stagnation or progress of other Muhammadiyah educational institutions in South Sulawesi. Therefore, the academic reforms being investigated have a significant and massive impact on the sustainability of other Muhammadiyah universities in South Sulawesi. This study uses a qualitative type of phenomenology involving 11 informants. This informant is a working lecturer at the university who served between 2010 and 2021, heads of departments, lecturers, and students. Data were collected by participant observation, in-depth interviews, and policy documents. The results suggest that five academic reform agendas consist of internationalization of study programs, accreditation of study programs, integration of management between study programs into faculties, and Independent Learning-Independent Campus and Al-Islam and Kemuhammadiyahan. Reformation became the basis and reference for other Muhammadiyah universities because they opened opportunities for the internationalization of Muhammadiyah universities in South Sulawesi, Indonesia