Indonesia does not have to care about global university rankings. Academics cannot act as frogs under the shell. The term university is derived from the word which means universe.

Indonesian scientists are alienated from their own work because they do not have the spirit of academic freedom and only fulfill the government's administrative obligations.

Improving the quality of education must first begin with guaranteeing the welfare of educators. Because in the hands of the educators, the quality of education is determined.

Not all universities should and need to be research universities. Likewise, not every lecturer can or should need to publish articles in a Q1 Scopus-indexed journal.

Lecturers who want to be promoted to a professorship need to work hard. Meeting such requirements is not easy for some academics. If they take the right path, they must spend time and money.

Our government officials often use Finland as a reference, but they somehow forget to pay attention to how the Finnish government sees teachers, who have as prestigious a profession as doctors and engineers.