Accreditation Policy and Quality of Higher Education
Muhayat, Imam;
al-hayat: journal of islamic education2018Vol. 2pp. 89-104
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muhayat2018accreditationalhayat
Abstract
Accreditation policy is nothing but a form of quality control of universities. Accreditation activities assess the independence of the universities concerned. Accreditors assume that human action is determined by self-will (self-termination), and on self-direction. The substance of quality and accreditation is more on building a new scientific paradigm. In the context of achieving quality refers to the concept of individual - institutional motivation in carrying out the work. The recognition of more important identity is to change the paradigm and epistemology of science in accordance with the development and demands of the times. New, more representative facilities are built. New educational equipment and media are also being held. All of that form has fulfilled the instrument of quality assurance of the universities. The answer that can parse the problem is the policy of accreditation. Accreditation is interpreted as a measure of quality assurance. The objective of achieving the quality can be realized based on the strengthening of the strategy and quality technique pursued through accreditation, until the supervision is interpreted as a challenge that needs to be answered completely. The real phenomenon of action and reality in the environment of university is a careful step in writing this paper, the academic environment service; The principle of managerial optimization; an input-output perspective - a multidimensional outcome; principles of harmonizing institutional governance, and risk reduction principles. These five principles become a system that binds the strengthening of accreditation policies implicate the quality of the university.