The Expansion of Neoliberalism in Education: Legitimacy in the Organization of Foreign Higher Education (FHE) in Indonesia

Sinta Maysila, Intan Sari Yuniati

2018

Abstract

In this era of globalization and industrial revolution (4.0), global competition causes the market to dominate including Indonesia. One of the strategies used by a state to face this situation is ratification of WTO (World Trade Organization) agreement. However, this position causes Indonesia to be trapped in world trade flows and cannot refuse the consequences of trading in economy, business and even education. One of the consequences from the ratification of WTO in education is legitimacy in the organization of foreign higher education. The legitimacy in Foreign Higher Education (FHE) in Indonesia is a dilemmatic decision in which the existence of FHE is as on the one hand an effort to encourage Public Higher Education and Private Higher Education to be more creative and competitive, and the other hand the legitimacy emerges contra-productive potential for Public Higher Education (PTN) and Private Higher Education (PTS). The present study describes how the expansion of neoliberalism is through GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) which is a trade agreement among the WTO members. The agreement makes higher education a commodity. Education is a profitable trading sector for the rulers. This is in line with Foucault’s concept on governmentality. The discourse of the organization of FHE in Indonesia cannot be separated by the role of government that uses power as an instrument of hegemony.  The approach used in this study was qualitative with literature study method. The result of the study is that the legitimacy in FHE in Indonesia was the relation of neoliberalism power that influenced the regulation of higher education organization in Indonesia. This legitimacy did not only create competition and competitiveness among higher educations but also had an impact on the commercialization of education in Indonesia.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Maysila S. and Yuniati I. (2018). The Expansion of Neoliberalism in Education: Legitimacy in the Organization of Foreign Higher Education (FHE) in Indonesia. In Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR, ISBN 978-989-758-493-0, pages 73-78. DOI: 10.5220/0010273300002309

in Bibtex Style

@conference{acir18,
author={Sinta Maysila and Intan Sari Yuniati},
title={The Expansion of Neoliberalism in Education: Legitimacy in the Organization of Foreign Higher Education (FHE) in Indonesia},
booktitle={Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,},
year={2018},
pages={73-78},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010273300002309},
isbn={978-989-758-493-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,
TI - The Expansion of Neoliberalism in Education: Legitimacy in the Organization of Foreign Higher Education (FHE) in Indonesia
SN - 978-989-758-493-0
AU - Maysila S.
AU - Yuniati I.
PY - 2018
SP - 73
EP - 78
DO - 10.5220/0010273300002309