Strategi Peningkatan Daya Tarik Profesi Dosen Studi Kasus: Mahasiswa Diaspora Indonesia

Abstract

Indonesia menghadapi tantangan regenerasi dosen di tengah meningkatnya jumlah mahasiswa Indonesia yang menempuh pendidikan tinggi di luar negeri, namun daya tarik profesi dosen bagi kelompok tersebut masih terbatas. Penelitian ini bertujuan merumuskan prioritas strategi untuk meningkatkan daya tarik profesi dosen bagi mahasiswa diaspora Indonesia melalui pendekatan manajemen strategis. Penelitian menggunakan analisis SWOT dan Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) dengan melibatkan 50 mahasiswa diaspora Indonesia dan enam pakar. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa faktor remunerasi menjadi prioritas utama yang perlu didukung oleh peran Kemendikti-Saintek dalam meningkatkan tujuan utama yaitu kualitas pendidikan, penelitian, dan pengabdian kepada masyarakat. Strategi yang paling diprioritaskan adalah penguatan daya tarik finansial bagi dosen sebagai fondasi peningkatan daya tarik profesi dosen. Sebagai implikasi manajerial, penelitian ini menghasilkan program LENTERA (Lecturer Enhancement and National Talent Empowerment Acceleration) sebagai kerangka implementasi kebijakan yang mengintegrasikan strategi-strategi berdasarkan urutan prioritas.

Indonesia faces a growing challenge in regenerating its academic workforce amid the increasing number of Indonesian students pursuing higher education abroad, yet strategies to enhance the attractiveness of the academic profession for this talent pool remain limited. This study aims to identify strategic priorities for enhancing the job attractiveness of the lecturer profession among Indonesian diaspora students using a strategic management approach. The study employed SWOT analysis and the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), involving 50 Indonesian diaspora students and six experts. The findings indicate that remuneration is the highest-priority factor, with the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology (Kemendikti-Saintek) serving as the key stakeholder in achieving the primary objective of improving the quality of education, research, and community service. The highest-priority strategy is to strengthen the financial attractiveness of the lecturer profession as the foundation for increasing its overall attractiveness. As a managerial implication, this study proposes the LENTERA (Lecturer Enhancement and National Talent Empowerment Acceleration) program as a policy implementation framework that integrates complementary strategies according to their order of priority.