Curriculum Relevance and Industry Alignment in Sea Transportation Cadet Education: A Management Perspective
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The accelerating pace of regulatory evolution, technological transformation, and decarbonization imperatives within the global maritime industry has placed unprecedented demands on the curriculum management systems of maritime higher education institutions. Ensuring that academic programs remain substantively aligned with current and emerging industry realities is a central institutional governance challenge that directly shapes the employability, competency readiness, and professional effectiveness of sea transportation graduates. This study investigates curriculum relevance and industry alignment in sea transportation cadet education at Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Pelayaran (STIP) Jakarta, Indonesia, from a curriculum management perspective. Data were collected from thirty cadets—fifteen from the deck nautical program and fifteen from the engine technics program—alongside five practitioner-lecturers comprising three maritime captains and two master mariners, through semi-structured interviews analyzed using thematic analysis, cross-group comparison, and narrative synthesis. Findings reveal that curriculum-industry alignment is perceived as moderate to low across both cadet tracks, with engine technics cadets reporting more acute misalignment in relation to advanced propulsion technologies and digital systems. Practitioner-lecturers identify inadequate curriculum review cycles, weak industry stakeholder integration, and insufficient responsiveness to IMO regulatory updates as the principal structural barriers to alignment. The study contributes a management-focused curriculum alignment diagnostic framework and advances institutional recommendations grounded in the specific regulatory and technological challenges reshaping contemporary sea transportation.
Keywords : curriculum relevance; industry alignment; maritime education management; sea transportation
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