Strengthening Indonesia’s Higher Education System

This volume brings together applied insights and practical tools shaped through the 2025 Strengthening the Higher Education System in Indonesia (SHESI) leadership program, a major Australia-Indonesia initiative designed to build capabilities and networks required for reform. Rather than presenting international 'best practice' as a blueprint, the book shows how leaders can adapt strategies to Indonesia's diverse institutions and regions. The authors distil insights from a suite of leadership projects into compelling insights about how Indonesia is advancing its higher education system, institutions, and leadership. These projects then give rise to broader options for sustainable and collaborative leadership development. Written for university leaders, policymakers, practitioners, and scholars, this volume helps move ideas beyond aspiration into real-world change. The book shows the value of using creative insights from effective policy and university leaders to spearhead reform.