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improvement and development, namely academic quality, internal management,
and student participation.

During its historical development, UT has attempted to improve the quality
of educational process and services. This is UT commitment to develop and

educate students to be able to survive in global competition. To achieve its
vision and missions , UT has to implement four important initiatives.

First, UT has to implement educational reform based on the principles of

quality, relevance, accessibility, and equality of opportunity. Quality improvement
of educational process can be implemented in the areas of curriculum, learning
materials, learning support services, examination materials , and examination

administration . Improvement of educational relevance can be conducted through
the opening of new study programs relevant to the community needs,
implementation of community education programs, and implementation of open

and flexible educational system to facilitate the achievement of life-long learning
principles . Accessibility of services are developed to enable UT to be accessed
by the community as part of the effort to implement equality of opportunity in

education as mandated by the Republic of Indonesia Constitution of 1945.

Second, UT has to establish partnership with various national and
international institutions in order to support its distance education system and

operations. Through networking and partnership with various organizations, UT is
expected to improve its quality and enhance its competitiveness.

Third, UT has to enhance the use of information and communication
technology. This is aimed at improving accuracy and timeliness of services and

educating the society to use information and communication technology to
enhance global competitiveness of the human resources.

Fourth, UT has to enhance its quality assurance system as a stepwise,

comprehensive and systematic approach to quality improvement. The UT quality
assurance system comprises all aspects of distance education, namely policy and

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