Deputy rector and director
In the 2002 University of Indonesia rector election,Martani competed against acting rector Usman Chatib Warsa,where he lost the election by a one vote margin. Despite this,Arie became Usman's deputy for student affairs and alumni relations on 11 October 2002, [7] where he was responsible for supervising the university's student executive council and other student organizations. As deputy rector,Arie was responsible for handling the deaths of five members of the university's student executive council at the Cikuya beach in Serang,Banten,in 2003. [8] Arie supported the implementation of student orientation with strict rules and regulations and advocated to distance the orientation program from harmful practices. [9] In light of the 2004 Indonesian legislative election,UI became one of the few universities that allowed political campaigns to be held onsite. Arie stated that the onsite campaigns involve limited meetings between students and the representatives of political parties. [10]
In 2005,Usman announced the reorganization of the university's governing system,which reduced the amount of deputy rectors from five to two:academic and non-academic. As a result,Arie's deputy rector post was abolished;he was demoted to director of student and alumni affairs,subordinate to the deputy rector for academic affairs. [11] Prior to this,Arie had already announced his resignation from the position in October 2004. [12] Early into his tenure as director,in September 2005 Arie faced protests from students regarding the admission fee hike on freshmen. [13]
After the end of his five-year term,Usman was replaced as rector by Arie's junior Gumilar Rusliwa Somantri in 2007. Gumilar undertook further reorganization of the directorates inside the university,including splitting the directorate of student affairs and alumni relations into two. Arie became the director for alumni relations,while former student executive council chairman Kamaruddin became the director for student affairs. Arie and several other UI officials was installed on 25 October 2007. [2] As alumni director,Arie held homecoming day to gather UI alumni in the campus [14] and coordinated efforts for alumni to provide scholarships for low-income students. [15]
Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences
On 20 December 2013,Arie was installed as the dean of UI faculty of social and political sciences [16] after undergoing a selection process in October that year. [17] [18] Shortly after his selection,Arie stated that the faculty somewhat behind in academic standards,particularly in accreditation and financial systems,and that more work is needed to improve management,enhance productivity,and maintain transparency. [19] He was installed for a second term on 20 February 2017 after becoming the sole candidate for the position. [20]
Early into his first term,in January 2014 the C building of the faculty,which housed the university's sociological research center,was burned down. [21] The fire resulted in the loss of important sociological research documents and archives dating back to the 1950s, [22] including 3,000 sociology books belonging to Iwan Gardono Sujatmiko. [23] Arie stated the faculty would use their experts from the university's civil engineering department to assess the damage and determine whether the building needs to be demolished or can be renovated. [21]
