Change Management in the Higher Education Context: A Case of Student-centered Learning Implementation

This paper is concerned with the process of change in the university context and examines it through an Indonesian case study. It starts with a review of literature on higher education as an organization, its characteristics, and change management in higher education institutions. The theoretical analysis followed by a case study of student-centred learning (SCL) implementation in the University of Gadjah Mada (UGM), Indonesia. Based on what has been achieved, it has been concluded that the implementation of SCL in UGM is a qualified success and is a good example of change management in higher education context.

This paper is concerned with the process of change in the university context and examines it through an Indonesian case study. It starts with a review of literature on higher education as an organization, its characteristics, and change management in higher education institutions. The theoretical analysis followed by a case study of student-centred learning (SCL) implementation in the University of Gadjah Mada (UGM), Indonesia. Based on what has been achieved, it has been concluded that the implementation of SCL in UGM is a qualified success and is a good example of change management in higher education context.