Jokowi and Universities

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In a number of his speeches, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has questioned to what extent our universities have changed, because amid the current global competition, those who are the fastest in digital technology innovation will win.

It is said that for the past 30 years the academic nomenclature developed in universities has remained linear, nothing has changed. In reality, the disruptive era has not only hit giant businesses, but also universities, if they are not open to change (AIPI, 2017). Why is it our universities find it so difficult to open up to multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary education, a trend in today\'s academia?