The Strategies to Build Quality Culture Based on Knowledge Management in Higher Education

Abstract

The development of higher education quality assurance system has not reached the quality culture level, but still at the standard development and quality assurance standard. In addition, the requirement implementation of higher education quality assurance system should have developed the quality culture. The research is considered as a case study with a qualitative approach. The results conclude that STKIP Singkawang has implemented 30 National Standards of Higher Education, owned 24 national standards and set up the internal standards covering the domestic and foreign cooperation, Academic Atmosphere, Student, Student Affair, graduate, Administrative Management and Leadership, Hygiene and Safety, as well as Promotion and Publication standards. The development of the higher education quality culture may not be separated from the cultures of the surrounding communities. Thus, the development of quality culture should be based on the needs of higher education, including its rectors, lecturers, students and educational personnel integrated in the cultures developing in their environment. Not only does the higher education quality culture become a part of the surrounding environmental cultures, higher education should be able to function as the environmental culture development agency. Higher education with its functions as an agent of cultural changes need to formulate the cultural development strategies, quality standards, implementation of quality culture development strategies as well as monitoring and evaluation.