Respon Mahasiswa Terhadap Kebijakan Uang Kuliah Tunggal di Fakultas Ilmu-Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik Universitas Sumatera Utara

Abstract

This study entitled "Student Response to Single Tuition Policy at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Political Sciences, Sumatera Utara University". The study was motivated by the persistence of the complaints about the policy. One complaint that there is about the amount of tuition fees assessed suffocating because it does not correspond to the financial ability of the student. In fact, the purpose of the policy is to offset the cost of tuition classes underprivileged students through cross subsidy mechanism between students who are able with the underprivileged. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the response of students to single tuition policy at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Political Science, Sumatera Utara University. The results of this study are expected to be a reference for the development of concepts and theories as well as policy development and decisionmaking by stakeholders with respect to policies Tuition Single The study was conducted at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Political Sciences, Sumatera Utara University (FISIP USU). This type of research is descriptive with quantitative approach. The total population of 1163 students class of 2013 FISIP USU scattered 8 Department. Then a sample of 92 people is determined by using the technique of determining the number of samples Taro Yamane. The sampling technique used was proportional random sampling technique by considering the size of sub-populations. Subpopulations in question are students of the departments in FISIP USU. To get the data, researchers used a questionnaire research instruments. In analyzing the data, quantitative analysis method with descriptive data analysis techniques. Based on the results of data analysis can be concluded that the response of students to the policy Single Tuition at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Political Sciences, Sumatera Utara University is neutral with a value of 0.02, because it is between -0.33 to 0.33. Student perceptions neutral, seen from a lack of understanding of students, students still do not understand the policy Tuition Single because of the lack of information obtained. Then, the negative attitude of the students, because there are still students who pay the amount of fees not in accordance with its economic capabilities. Meanwhile, student participation neutral, because students are less concerned with existing information. Again, this was due to the lack of information obtained. The absence of improvements to policies Tuition single student would have caused distrust of the government in this case the university and DIKTI. Therefore, the need for reconsideration of some part of this policy for improvement in order to achieve the objectives of the policy Tuition single truth.