Compliance of Higher Education National Standard in Field of Learning: Case Study on Postgraduate School Universitas Negeri Medan

摘要

The National Standard for Higher Education (SNPT) is a minimum criterion that must be carried out by the operator of higher education to carry out learning, research and community service. This study is ex post de facto research which aims to describe the fulfillment of national standards of higher education, especially the standards of learning and research as the implementation of education in the Postgraduate of Medan State University (Unimed). The subjects of this research are managers, lecturers, students, and graduated student of the Unimed Postgraduate School. The research instruments are questionnaire, and observation sheet. From the results, it can be found that the implementation of education at the Unimed Postgraduate School has fulfilled 8 (eight) learning standards. The development policies and programs needed to improve the quality of learning includes: (a) increasing the capacity of lecturers to produce innovative works (b) increasing the capacity of study program on quality assurance of learning and sustainably research (c) improving the quality of academic services and administration based on IT/ICT uses; and (d) improving the academic atmosphere and pedagogical culture through scientific seminars, book operations.