MODEL PENGEMBANGAN PENDIDIKAN TINGGI: TELAAH ATAS EKSISTENSI DAN TANTANGAN PTAI DAN PERUBAHAN IAIN MENJADI UIN

Abstract

Model of Higher Education Development: A Study on the Existence and Challenge of PTAI and the Change of IAIN to UIN : The rationale behind change of the State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) to the State Islamic University (UIN) is that Islam makes no discrimination between religious knowledge and general knowledge. The change of this status actually gives UIN a broader mandate compared to IAIN, that is, providing the community at large with the knowledge of Islam. This is in line with the new paradigm in higher education that has been formulated in national and international levels of education which, at the same time, studies the existence, opportunity and option being offered to develop itself to become a competitive higher education institution. UIN is in fact different from other general higher education institutions and even different from other Islamic higher education institutions. UIN should be able to relate its teaching materials to Islamic messages so that it is expected to produce Muslim scholars who possess two areas of knowledge, knowledge in science and technology and knowledge in the field of Islamic perspectives.