Voice Narrator:
Santa Fe College host a delegates of 14 Indonesia Community College Administrators in May 2015, as part of Community College Administrator Program (CCAP) fund by United States Department of State. Only 10% Indonesians has a college degree. The Indonesia government is trying to increase access to higher education by establishing a new community college system. In 2012, it set the ambitious goal of establishing 350 new Academi Kommunitas (AKs) in 5 years. The 14 Indonesians that visited Santa Fe are leading the development of these new AKs.
President Jackson Sasser:
Hi, I'm Jackson
This is about a relationship that's forming and that I hope will be lasting.
Taufik Hidayat:
This is my first time to the United States. My expectation is that I would like to see something advanced compared to our country. Because our Academi Komunitas is so young--just two years. We still haven't yet a big vision of what would I do with my community college. So there is a big opportunity for me to see the community college here that can be applied to our Academi Komunitas in Indonesia.
Risa Herfina:
I hope I can enhance my ability to be a good administrator to my AK. I want to learn about the system, the student, the lecturer, faculty, and the hierarchy, and the administrator, the curriculum, and everything.
Voice Narrator:
In order to learn best practices in United States Community Colleges System, the Indonesians visitors toured classrooms, shadowed with instructors and administrators, and participated in active learning.
One of the teachers talking to the Indonesians:
You don't have to have computers, you don't have technology, and you can just post the notes.
Alicia McGruder:
Engaged in discussions with academic leaders and students. They learned about serving students with disabilities, the value of online educational opportunities, the role of advising, and how Santa Fe has been able to grow, build, and expand to service students and the community better.
Taufik Hidayat:
The best thing here in American Community College is that, the community college have big support to the student. For example, articulation system, open access, student support, that's the big thing that might apply in our Academi Komunitas in Indonesia.
Risa Herfina:
So here, there is no elimination to the student who wants to come here. The soul of the AK should be like that so maybe in the future we will go to that system.
Kresna Murti:
And also one thing that's important that we have to learn from this college--motivation, high patience, soft skills, how the education staff & faculty, get together with administration staff and others to build this college to be more helpful to the community surrounding here.
Taufik Hidayat:
Basically because the community college belongs to the community. That surprised me. All community has responsibility to this community college. That's the best thing in the system I think.
Clay Smith:
They are officially now alumni of Santa Fe
President Jackson Sasser:
Community Colleges, this college, your college, it is democracy's college. It has this exalted notation that everybody can start at place and go to a better place. Then everybody wins.
Indonesia established a new community college system in 2012 in order to expand access to higher education. Currently, only about 10% of all Indonesians have a college degree. Leaders of the newly establish Academi Komunitas (AK) system in Indonesia spent two weeks in Gainesville learning about best practices in the management of a U.S. community college. The delegation from Indonesia benefited from a series of presentations led by senior Santa Fe College administrators on issues related to governance, finance, leadership, workforce development and program assessment. In addition, they participated in college classes, daily job shadowing opportunities, and toured various educational facilities at Santa Fe. We invite you to view the video below to see an excerpt of the Indonesian CCAP experience at Santa Fe College.
The Community College Administrator Program (CCAP) is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State with funding provided by the U.S. Government and administered by Florida State University and Santa Fe College.