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The Events Around the
Birth of Universitas
Terbuka
SETIJADI
The Birth of Universitas Terbuka
The Early Conceptor of Universitas Terbuka
The early conceptors of the birth of Universitas Terbuka (UT) were decision
makers in Directorate General of Higher Education (0/KT/), i.e. Prof. Doddy
Tisna Amidjaja and Prof S. Pramutadi . At that time, the Fourth Five-Year
Development Plan (Repelita IV) was being prepared. One of the problems that
emerged was that participation rate in higher education age group of 18-25 year
old was still low, which was only about 7%. This means that those entering the
state higher institutions were only about 400.000 students, while students of
