THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITY-BASED ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEMS (UBEE) IN FACING THE CHALLENGES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 4.0: A CASE STUDY AT PADANG STATE UNIVERSITY Mona Novita (a*). Jalaludin (b).
a) Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi
Jalan Arif Rahman Hakim, Telanaipura, Kota Jambi, 36122, Jambi, Indonesia
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b) Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi
Jalan Arif Rahman Hakim, Telanaipura, Kota Jambi, 36122, Jambi, Indonesia
*novitamona58[at]yahoo.com
Abstract
The deliberation underlying this research was the launching of the Making Indonesia 4.0 by President Joko Widodo as a roadmap for entering the 4IR. In the university environment, there is a growing thought about various strategies in preparing students for the 4IR, such as dynamism, diversity of developed programs and the practices of the management. These strategies are applied at Padang State University. This research aims to explore the role of UBEE in Padang State University in getting millennial generations ready for the 4IR. The research applied the descriptive qualitative method and case study method. The result of the research concludes that Padang State University have an environment of technopreneur in carrying out an identity as UBEE. Besides, there are also eight strategies applied by the universities to face the 4IR: (1) university vision that leads to student entrepreneurship development, (2) create the academic community who have perspective as entrepreneur, (3) employ link and match strategy with the government and industry (DUDI), (4) implement entrepreneurship programs both held by universities and Kemenristekdikti, (5) committed to the continuous program in long period, (6) committed to large financial resources, (7) committed to continuous innovation of curriculum, and (8) organize the infrastructures with the institution and entrepreneurial programs.
