The management of education implementation activities must refer to the higher education standards that had been set, especially the Tri Dharma of Higher Education, namely Education, Research and Community Service.

Observing the regulations of BAN-PT No. 1 of 2020 regarding the accreditation mechanism, there is a change in the terms of the accredited rating, namely to Excellent, Very Good, Good, and Not Accredited. To discuss these changes, the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (Fisip) of Universitas Diponegoro (Undip) held a Webinar on Tuesday (21/09) at 08.30 GMT+7 through the Zoom meeting platform.

The webinar with the theme “Conversion of ISK Supplement Accreditation Status from A to Superior” was attended by the Dean of Fisip Undip, Dr. Drs. Hardi Warsono, MTP., Fisip Undip Vice Dean I, Dr. Drs. Teguh Yuwono, M.Pol.Admin., Chairman and Member of Fisip Undip Faculty Quality Assurance Team. And also invited speakers from the Universitas Riau, Prof. Dr. Bernard Isyandi SE. MS., Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Dr. Drs. Udik Budi Wibowo, M.Pd., Universitas Brawijaya, Prof. Dr. Kusdi Raharjo, DEA., and Universitas Jendral Soedirman, Dr. S. Bekti Istiyanto, S.Sos., M.Si.

In his remarks, the Dean of Fisip Undip, Dr. Drs. Hardi Warsono, MTP., said that universities as educational institutions needed to manage the teaching and learning process well. “This management will produce graduates who are credible and have good competitiveness,” said Hardi Warsono.

Hardi added that based on Law no. 12 of 2012, concerning higher education and the Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education Regulation No. 44 of 2015, concerning the national standards of higher education, one of which regulated the obligation to carry out accreditation as a form of implementation of the academic quality assurance.

“The accreditation process of the old version was with 7 standards, then we switched to the new version, converting to Superior,” said the Dean of Fisip Undip.

Furthermore, Hardi said that the purpose of accreditation was to guarantee that accredited institutions had met the quality standards set by BAN-PT. Then, encouraging universities to make improvements and the results could be used as a basis for consideration in transferring higher education credit.

Prof. Dr. Bernard Isyandi SE. MS., described the Accreditation Policy that was currently entering the Era of Independent Learning at the Merdeka Campus. With this policy, there were at least 3 changes, namely, the Accreditation decision would be extended when it expired if there was no indication of a decrease in quality or violation of laws and regulations. “But if there is a decrease in quality or a violation of the applicable laws and regulations, it certainly cannot be extended.” said Prof. Bernard.

Then, Universities could submit a re-Accreditation proposal if they wanted to increase their accreditation rating. “You can submit a proposal but with 9 criteria,” said Prof. Bernard who was also the Head of the Economics Department at FEB, Universitas Riau. Furthermore, Universities or Study Programs that were established or opened after January 28, 2020, were declared to meet the minimum requirements for Accreditation and receive a Good Accreditation rating, this rating could not be extended without a proposal.

Dr. S. Bekti Istiyanto, S.Sos., M.Sc., added that BAN-PT used the Conversion Supplement Instrument (ISK) to convert from the old Accreditation rating to the new Accreditation rating. For example, from an A Accreditation rating to an Excellent Accreditation rating, from B Accreditation rating to an Excellent Accreditation rating, and from C Accreditation rating to an Excellent Accreditation rating.

“The ISK is an additional Accreditation instrument used for making decisions on converting the accredited rating obtained with the 7 Study Program Accreditation Instrument standard into a new Accreditation rating in accordance with the APS 4.0 instrument,” explained Dr. S. Bekti Istiyanto.

Prof. Dr. Kusdi Raharjo, DEA., explained some of the differences between 7 and 9 standards of accreditation were in the profile of graduates and suitability for employment. “Reflected on the graduates, in the past, the standard 7 form emphasized more on the input and process, now the  9 standard or 4.0 form is more inclined to the output and outcomes, therefore the profile of the graduates and job suitability are important,” he explained.

“ISK is needed because of the difference in Study Program Accreditation (APS) 3.0 compared to Study Program Accreditation (APS) 4.0. So with this difference, there is no equality of accreditation results, even though there are both 3 ranks but they are different,” concluded Prof Kusdi.

Furthermore, Dr. Drs. Udik Budi Wibowo, M.Pd., added that in the accreditation process, there was a quality culture that needed to be maintained. “In any accreditation, in principle, we run a quality culture related to behaviour and evidence of continuous quality improvement,” explained the resource person from Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta as well as the Assessors and Validators of BAN-PT.

Source: undip.ac.id