Transformation to Legal Entity Status (PTN BH)
📌 Universitas Terbuka (UT) is transforming from a Public Service Agency Legal Entity (PTN-BLU) to a Legal Entity State University (PTN BH) to gain greater autonomy in responding to rapid changes in higher education, especially in distance learning.
⚖️ Becoming a PTN BH grants UT status as an independent legal subject, allowing it to sue and be sued on its own behalf, rather than relying solely on ministerial support for legal matters.
⚙️ The status change permits greater autonomy in academic management, enabling UT to open or close study programs without requiring prior ministry approval, contingent on university senate agreement.

Autonomy and Structural Changes
🏛️ PTN BH status will allow UT to independently manage its organizational structure, enabling reforms like downsizing or re-engineering to better suit its characteristics as a distance learning institution.
🎓 Currently, UT faces administrative hurdles in opening new programs due to awaiting ministry approval, which will be circumvented by PTN BH status to meet high public demand for new, contemporary majors like Data Science and Psychology.
📊 The preparatory process began intensively in mid-2020, culminating in ministry approval in early 2021, and is currently finalizing the Draft Government Regulation (RPP) expected to become a full Government Regulation (PP) within two to three months.

Challenges and Internal Readiness
😟 The primary external challenge was misalignment of perceptions between the UT team and the Ministry's assessment team, who used evaluation instruments suited for conventional face-to-face universities, not distance learning models.
❌ Key differences cited included UT’s lack of academic selection for undergraduate admissions (only administrative checks) and different parameters for faculty-student ratios and the number of full professors.
🧑‍💻 The biggest internal task is fostering a new work culture (new organizational behavior), ensuring UT staff operate professionally under Good Corporate Governance (GCG) principles.

Enhanced Service Quality and Student Focus
🌟 The core motivation post-transformation is to significantly increase service quality for students, from registration and quality learning materials (which must be colorized and updated) to the learning process and examinations.
📚 Services like the Self-Instructional Material Workshop (WIB) and Exam Clinic will be strengthened to equip students with the necessary skills for distance learning success, including time management and integrity in task submission.
🧑‍🏫 Employee performance will be closely managed; for instance, tutors must provide constructive feedback beyond simple acknowledgments ("Good job"), with clear guidance on improving weaknesses identified in assignments.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ UT seeks to be more accepted and loved by the community and students as it attains PTN BH status, demonstrating success in serving the public.
➡️ The pandemic provided an opportunity for "Learning Gain" for UT, as other universities sought UT's expertise as a benchmark for successful online and distance education delivery.
➡️ Future plans include quickly launching requested study programs like Psychology and Data Science once PTN BH status is secured, bypassing the previous long permitting process.

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