| dc.description.abstract | College students are one of the elements, groups, or communities that
dominate the composition of Indonesian society. With this advantage, college
students have a significant role and influence, as well as a significant contribution
to various areas and in the midst of social life. And with the role they have, college
students certainly have a number of social functions in society, which are generally
fulfilled and carried out by utilizing the presence of student organizations in each
faculty, especially the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, which specifically
studies and examines social sciences, especially regarding organizations. This
research itself was conducted at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences,
University of Sumatera Utara (FISIP USU). The main informants in this study were
4 active FISIP USU college students who were also active in internal and external
campus organizations. Additional informants consisted of one FISIP USU lecturer,
as well as a key informant who was the Deputy Dean I of FISIP USU who oversaw
Academic, Student Affairs and Alumni and directly interacted with college student
and organizational activities at FISIP USU. The data collection technique in this
study was carried out by merging (triangulation) of in-depth interviews,
observations, and documentation. Then the data will be analyzed by the researcher
qualitatively and ended with drawing conclusions from the research results that
have been conducted. The results of the study showed that there were already efforts
by active college student organizations in FISIP USU to carry out their social
functions, but there were differences in the ability to perform their social functions,
both from internal student organizations such as the Department Student
Association, to external campus organizations such as HMI and KMK, even though
in their implementation there were still strengths and weaknesses of internal and
external organizations. | en_US |
