Peran Bimbingan dan Konseling dalam Penguatan Pendidikan Karakter di Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan

This research aims at describing the roles of guidance and counseling in strengthening character education of the students of Mitra Industri MM2100 Vocational High School, Cikarang, Bekasi, West Java. It used qualitative approach with case study design, in which the data was collected through interview and observation. The main informants were: coordinator of Mitra Industri Cikarang Foundation; principal; assistant principal of academic affairs and curriculum; dean of students; school counselor; homeroom teacher; and students of Mitra Industri MM2100 Vocational High School. The data was analyzed by category and reduction in accordance with the focus of the research. The results of the research show that guidance and counseling has important roles in strengthening the character education. guidance and counseling has active roles in the selection process; preventing deviant behaviors; and eradication of deviant behaviors in students. These roles are conducted collaboratively with the dean of students; homeroom teacher; parents; and students. The success of character education program in Vocational High School is determined by the establishment of the “golden triangle of communication” which is the common awareness and commitment between: school; parents; and students. In addition, daily and weekly evaluation and supervision allows the school, particularly guidance and counseling teacher to identify, anticipate and respond to the indication of behavior and character issues of the students in an appropriate manner. From the results of the research, the board of Vocational High School is recommended to develop a character education system collaboratively with school counselor; dean of students; parents; and students.Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan peran bimbingan dan konseling (BK) dalam penguatan pendidikan karakter siswa Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) Mitra Industri MM2100, Cikarang, Bekasi, Jawa Barat. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan desain studi kasus, dimana data dikumpulkan dengan teknik wawancara dan observasi. Informan utama adalah: pengurus Yayasan Mitra Industri Cikarang; kepala sekolah; wakil kepala sekolah bidang kurikulum; wakil kepala sekolah bidang kesiswaan; guru BK; guru wali kelas; dan siswa SMK Mitra Industri MM2100. Data dianalisis dengan kategorisasi dan reduksi data sesuai dengan fokus penelitian. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa BK memiliki peran penting dalam penguatan pendidikan karakter. BK berperan aktif dalam proses seleksi; pencegahan perilaku menyimpang; dan pengentasan penyimpangan perilaku siswa. Peran tersebut dilaksanakan secara kolaboratif dengan kesiswaan; guru wali kelas; orangtua; dan siswa. Keberhasilan program pendidikan karakter di SMK dikarenakan terbangunnya “segitiga emas komunikasi” yaitu kesadaran dan komitmen bersama antara: sekolah; orangtua dan siswa. Di samping itu, pola evaluasi dan supervisi harian serta mingguan membuat sekolah, khususnya guru BK dapat mengidentifikasi, mengantisipasi dan merespon indikasi masalah perilaku dan karakter siswa secara cepat. Dari hasil penelitian, para pimpinan SMK disarankan agar mengembangkan sistem pendidikan karakter secara kolaboratif antara guru BK; kesiswaan; orangtua dan siswa.

The University Delays

Dean of Students Millet assumed the point position on the DuBois issue, making public statements regarding the status, reviews, analyses, and delays in decision-making. A faculty committee recommended club recognition. Campus activists, from Young Socialists to student senators, declared the DuBois issue one of “Free Speech” (mimicking Berkeley), created an ad hoc committee, and birthed a campus free-speech movement. Henry declared a reorganization, creating a new chancellor position to manage the main campus and named Jack W. Peltason to the job. The first campus antiwar speak-out was organized. Phil Durrett and Vic Berkey advanced as movement leaders.

Provider–Customer Perceptions in Service Quality: A Gap Analysis at Ishik University, Sulaimani, Iraq

It is known that the service quality is the main parameter of every service providing organization for survival. Therefore, the organizations must evaluate their service quality periodically and plan for improvement. While evaluating their service quality, companies should rely not only on the end users’ evaluations but also on the gap between the service providers’ perception and the customers’ perception about the service quality level. The study aims to compare the service providing perceptions of department/unit managers and the service quality evaluations of students at private universities. For this purpose, we used the ServQual survey questionnaire to assess all service providing academic and administrative units of Tishk International University (formerly known as Ishik University). The data have been collected in two phases; first, we gave the ServQual survey questionnaire to managers and employees of each department/unit. The survey contained questions about the opinions of managers and employees about how quality service has been delivered in their unit. In this context, cafeteria, students’ affairs, dean of students, academic department of student, and accounting unit were evaluated. Second, ServQual was modified for the students to evaluate the service quality that they perceive in those units. Finally, the evaluated results of the managers and the students were subtracted from each other, and the gap was determined. Based on the results, we gave some suggestions to the administration.

Divided Allegiance

Summary Read outside its immediate historical context, Languages in Contact (1953) by Uriel Weinreich (1926–1967), most particularly its Preface by André Martinet (1908–1999), contains statements that can seem contradictory and mystifying. Describing his student Weinreich’s book, Martinet characterises bilingualism as “divided linguistic allegiance”, and uses the metaphor of a battlefield to describe the feelings of language variation experienced by bilinguals – but also by monolinguals, suggesting that the mainstream doctrine of languages as self-contained and unified is nothing more than a useful abstraction. Martinet’s own allegiances were divided between loyalty to his student and to his profession, since his own best-known work tended in the direction of the abstraction. All this was taking place in a febrile atmosphere at Columbia University, as “loyalty investigations” were being implemented by the Dean of Students to root out suspected communists – people thought to have allegiances divided between the two sides of the Iron Curtain. This paper tries to make the curious statements in the Preface and the book proper comprehensible by reading them within these professional and political contexts. It considers too how Martinet and Weinreich conceive of the bilingual brain on the model of two nations within a single state.

“We’re a Culture, Not a Costume:” Ethical Analysis of a College Student-Led Organization’s Anti-Racism Campaign

Students Teaching against Racism in Society (STARS) attracted both national and international headlines in October 2011 with their anti-racism campaign entitled “We’re a culture, not a costume.” At the time of the campaign, STARS was composed of ten undergraduate student members at Ohio University (OU). Situated in Athens, Ohio, OU has a history of hosting block parties for Halloween. In order to combat “racist” costumes, STARS initiated a campaign, funded by the Dean of Students in order to foster conversation and to bring awareness to racist, discriminatory, stereotypical, and prejudiced Halloween costumes. This campaign raises many ethical dilemmas. Therefore, this analysis seeks to explore implicit and explicit values and ethical dilemmas inherent within the campaign. Since racial inequalities often lead health disparities, this ethical analysis of STARS’ campaign has implications for both intercultural and health communication scholars. Additionally, future implications and directions of research as well as future considerations for similar campaigns are discussed.

Leveraging Strategic Institutional Partnerships: Creating a Phased Learning Commons at the University of Idaho Library

Following an energizing reorganization of the first floor, the University of Idaho Library sought additional strategies to support student learning and success. Building on previous successful collaborations with the Dean of Students Office, the Library and Tutoring Services created a model to offer peer-tutoring services in the library. Several philosophical and practical guidelines were considered, and implementation of the service, while challenging, was ultimately successful. Strategies for proposing, building, and maintaining similar partnerships with student services units are discussed, with best practices offered for other institutions seeking similar collaboration.

The Contribution of Campus Recreational Sports Participation to Perceived Sense of Campus Community

Out-of-class involvement provides students with opportunities for rich social lives which, according to Cheng (2004), are closely associated with sense of campus community. Based on Astin's (1984) Theory of Involvement, and Boyer's (1990) principles of community, the purpose of this study was to examine the degree to which involvement in campus recreational sports programs is associated with students' perceived sense of campus community. Three hundred and thirty respondents completed an on-line questionnaire which consisted of demographics and questions related to their out-of-class involvement in 14 areas as identified by the institutions' Dean of Students Office, and a 25-item sense of community scale developed by Cheng (2004). Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted to examine the underlying factor structure of the sense of community scale. The six factors extracted from the EFA served as independent variables in a multiple regression analysis used to predict student perceived sense of campus community using a sample of 125 participants in campus recreational sports. In addition, participation levels in campus recreational sports were used to measure differences in perceived sense of campus community based on involvement using a multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). Results suggest participation in campus recreational sports significantly predicted a sense of community within the diversity and acceptance factor. In addition, students who participated in campus recreational sports perceived a greater sense of campus community based on the residential experience factor when compared with those students who did not participate.