This study aims to determine the Implementation of
Higher Education Financing in Indonesia which focuses on the accountability and
transparency of higher education budgets management. The survey research was conducted
at universities spread across the Sumatra and Java islands from October 2012 to
October 2013, and proportionally
selected 8 universities as sampling which were categorized as Applied Science-Technology and Educational
Universities based. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistic technique and
narrative descriptive technique using an approach popularized by Miles and
Huberman. The
study concluded that: 1) planning and budgeting system of higher education is
carried out by centralization system, making it relatively easy for
coordinating and consolidating policies and implementing higher education
budget, 2) college policy autonomy in the management and implementation of Tri Darma of Higher Education authorizes
Head of Higher Education to specify the orientation of university programs and
activities, and 3) university’s system and management mechanism, particularly
the pattern of the planning and allocating budgets and costs, have to be
continued to be updated to avoid commercialization of higher education. In
general, higher education funding synchronization significantly affects the
quality of higher education.
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