Mission
To promote collaboration and mutual understanding of the United States and Indonesia through higher education partnerships
To strengthen institutional capacity in teacher education through collaborative development of innovative educational programs and research to be conducted in the U.S. and Indonesia
The U.S./Indonesia Teacher Education Consortium (USINTEC)
A binational higher education consortium
The Alliance for Teacher Quality (ATQ)
A public-private global development alliance of universities, corporations, foundations, and organizations committed to Indonesian education and teacher quality
News and Updates
Remarks by President Obama and President Yudhoyono of the Republic of Indonesia Before Bilateral Breakfast Meeting
August 17, 2010
Obama and Indonesian Leader Discuss Education - Press release: http://www.america.gov/st/peacesec-english/2010/June/20100628160821dmslahrellek0.6991083.html
Obama Begins Rebuilding Academic Ties to Indonesia
July 11, 2010 | The Chronicle of Higher Education
President Obama has postponed travel to Indonesia, his childhood home, three times since taking office, the latest visit sidelined in June by the giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
But a "comprehensive partnership" to deepen relations between the two countries is steaming ahead, one that has as a critical tenet the expansion of higher-education ties. At the recent G-20 summit meeting in Toronto, Mr. Obama announced that the United States would spend $165-million over the next five years on programs to help strengthen higher education in Indonesia through educational exchanges and university partnerships. The two countries will also hold a higher-education summit next summer.[more]
U.S. and Indonesia to Expand Educational Ties
June 27, 2010 | The Chronicle of Higher Education
The United States will spend $165-million over the next five years on programs to help strengthen higher education in Indonesia through educational exchanges and university partnerships, President Obama and Indonesia's president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, announced Sunday at a meeting at the G-20 summit in Toronto.
The two leaders also agreed to hold a joint higher-education summit next summer.[more]
Indonesia launches massive initiative to certify teachers
June 18, 2010 | College of Education and Human Ecology (The Ohio State University)
Indonesia has plans to certify 2.7 million teachers in the next 10 years.
The bold legislative move represents the first effort to create a system of teacher certification since formation of the country's university system in 1945 after independence from the Dutch.
This formidable task demands not only developing new programs to certify current and future teachers, but also upgrading the educational levels and knowledge of university lecturers who prepare them, says Sue Dechow, Teaching and Learning.[more]