Download or read book Empowering Higher Education in Indonesia written by A. Chaedar Alwasilah and published by Dunia Pustaka Jaya. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a concrete solution to the challenges in developing higher education inIndonesia. The proposed perspectives and ideas are ideal to be developed by teachers and lecturers in their own classroom. The two best parts of this book are (1) how the educators, especially in universities, should form critical thinking habit in their classroom through respectful and scholarly discussion; and (2) how universities should become the centre of ‘teaching for learning’. Those are vital as educating today’s students is our best investment to develop their willingness of life-long learning and the ability of critical thinking. In the future, these students will determine the fate of Indonesia. Therefore, let’s empower higher education in Indonesia by applying the constructive suggestions proposed in this book.