Utilization of Science and Technology in Activities

Community Service in Higher Education

Abstract: The objectives of the research is to know the implementation of policy

andimplementation of the research program and the public service at Higher
Education (HE).The research method is the mixed of quantitative and qualitative
methods with adescriptive analysis. Sample of the research is 160 repondents
taken purposively of head and members of the research and public service
institutions at public and private of HE. The research was conducted for 7
months from April to October 2008 at six provinces: West Nusa Tenggara
province, Bali province, Special Yogyakarta province, West Java province, West
Sumatera province, and South Sumatera province. Tools and the techniques of
data collecting are using documentation study, questionnaires, inteview, and
focus group discussion. Primary data is the information from the resource
persons from HE while the secondary data is taken from the documents about
the rules as well as the laws and the related research done by other people. The
findings of the research are: 1) the policy of research program and the public
service at HE is based on the general policy of the HE Directorate, Ministry of
National Education; 2) the implementation of policy in improving quality of HE
still has constraints such as the institutions of research and public service are
still separate, the socialization of programs of public service is still low, and most
lecturers at HE are stil lack of having research methodolgy; 3) the research
findings of both public and private HE can be implemented to develop and
improve science. However, there has a few of the research findings that can be
used for improving teaching and learning materials for higher education, very
few of national as well international publications, and very few of having patent
rights; and 4) the activities inpublic service are not based on the findings of the
research yet.
Key words: research, public service, policy analysis, science, learning materials
 Controversy National Examination

Abstract: The existence and application of National Examination initiate critics

and controversies correlated with the National Education System Act Number
20, Year 2003 about the National Education System. The set of Critics is
composed of seven disagreements linked with the national examination matter
which are appraising the cognitive aspects only with the result that it cannot be
used as a standard made to measure up education quality, disregarding the
diversification of regional potency and of students competence, taking away the
teachers’ right to do the evaluation of students achievement, establishing the
evaluation based merely on the students, determining the passing grade of the
examination in the absence of teachers, national and regional government take
away the right of teachers in giving the diploma to the graduate students.
National examination evaluates the only process of momentary and
incomprehensive learning activity and at the same time neglecting educational
goal orientation that brings to an end without indicating the education quality.
Explication of these controversies is aimed at providing teachers and education
observers the prospect of the solutions in terms of educational evaluation policy
improvement for the sake of the education enhancement that have access to
national development for the augmentation of people’s prosperity.
Key Words: controversy, national examination, improvement, policy.