TWENTY RI UNIVERSITY RECTORS TO ATTEND AUSTRALIAN VICE CHANCELLORS' MEETING

           Canberra - Twenty state university rectors grouped in the Eastern Indonesia Consortium will take part in the Australian Vice Chancellors' Meeting to take place in the Australian capital on July 31, an Indonesian official said.

"The Indonesian rectors will not only attend the forum but also meet the University of Australia Board (UAB) officials. The events will be a good opportunity for our universities to set up cooperation with Australian counterparts," Agus Sartono, Education and Culture Attaché at the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra, said Friday (27/07).

Among the Indonesian rectors to take part in the forum would be those of Jayapura-based Cendrawasih University, Ambon-based Pattimura University, Manado-based Sam Ratulangi University, Makassar-based Hasanuddin University and Denpasar-based Udayana University.

            They are scheduled to arrive in Canberra on July 30 and will also set up cooperation agreements with the University of Melbourne and the University of New Castle. 

The cooperation is designed to help develop Indonesian universities into world class higher learning institutions, Agus said.

            He cited as an example that the Economics Faculty of Yogyakarta-based Gajah Mada University (UGM) would receive an accreditation from the Association to Advance the Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in the coming days.

            AACSB graduates are employed at Concordia University and the University of Manitoba in Canada, Gajah Mada University in Indonesia, Hebrew and Ben Gurion Universities in Israel, and Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea (Antara, 28/07/07).