State universities' legal entities toward good governance and public trust

Abstract

The transformation of public universities into legal entities is hope; the quality of education can improve. The change in status to a legal entity makes the public interest to public universities increasing. This situation makes universities implement good university governance. In line with this explanation, this study seeks to examine the readiness of public universities to transform into legal entities and their strategic role in improving the quality of education through the application of good governance. Research methodology uses a qualitative approach of interpretive type. The study used primary data obtained from in-depth interviews and secondary data derived from the higher education database. This study found that good university governance in public universities legal entities successfully improved the quality of education. There are several public universities of legal entities included in the world ranking; meaning the achievement of educational indicators has met the qualifications of international standards.