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        "msgid": "religious-affairs-minister-uin-palu-must-add-20-professors-enhance-academic-quality-1777193479",
        "date": "2026-04-26 14:33:09",
        "title": "Religious Affairs Minister: UIN Palu must add 20 professors, enhance academic quality",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar has urged the State Islamic University (UIN) Datokarama in Palu, Central Sulawesi, to increase its number of professors by around 20 by 2027 to accelerate improvements in academic quality and institutional transformation. He emphasised that more professors would boost the university's reputation, accreditation ratings, and overall development, while encouraging the integration of knowledge with spiritual depth. During the event, two new professors were inaugurated in the fields of multicultural Islamic education and Islamic educational thought, aligning with the university's vision to enhance faculty qualifications through further doctoral studies.",
        "content": "<p>We hope that Islamic Religious Higher Education Institutions (PTKIN)\ncontinue to develop and advance in terms of institutional quality, the\nquantity of students, and the quantity of lecturers.<\/p>\n<p>Palu (ANTARA) - Religious Affairs Minister (Menag) Nasaruddin Umar\nstated that the Datokarama State Islamic University (UIN) in Palu,\nCentral Sulawesi, must add around 20 professors by 2027 to accelerate\nthe enhancement of academic quality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aim is to improve human resources (HR) and institutional\ntransformation,\u201d said Menag Nasaruddin Umar during the inauguration of\ntwo professors at UIN Datokarama in Palu on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Menag stated that the rector needs to assist academics in\naccelerating the attainment of professorial titles, as a greater number\nof professors provides strategic advantages that impact academic\nquality, reputation, and institutional development.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of reputation and academic development, he continued, a\nlarge number of professors has a positive impact on the accreditation\nassessment for a higher education institution.<\/p>\n<p>Menag noted that the number of professors at UIN Datokarama currently\nstands at 11 and is expected to continue increasing along with the\naddition of study programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he expressed that professors must be able to integrate\nor blend knowledge and remembrance (of God) for spiritual depth that\ntranscends cognitive intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA professor is the pinnacle of academic achievement for formal\nknowledge seekers. But do not forget, above the sky there is still the\nsky, meaning that exemplary conduct and humility must be firmly upheld,\u201d\nsaid Menag Nasaruddin Umar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the Minister desires aligns with our vision. I also urge\nlecturers to enhance their disciplinary capacity by returning to school\nto pursue doctoral degrees,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>At the event, two UIN Datokarama lecturers were inaugurated as\nprofessors: Prof Dr Rusli Takunas M.Pd as professor in the field of\nMulticultural Islamic Education and Prof Dr H Askar M.Pd as professor in\nthe field of Islamic Educational Thought.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/religious-affairs-minister-uin-palu-must-add-20-professors-enhance-academic-quality-1777193479",
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