Integrating Pesantren Values into Internal Quality Assurance Systems: Advancing Quality Higher Education (SDG 4) in Islamic Boarding School-Based Universities
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https://doi.org/10.63230/jocsis.3.4.332Keywords:
Internal Quality Assurance, Pesantren-Based Universities, Private Islamic Higher Education, Quality Culture, SDG 4Abstract
Objective: To investigate how pesantren-based private Islamic higher education institutions (PTKIS) integrate internal quality assurance systems (SPMI) with institution-specific religious values, cultivate a sustainable quality culture, and advance Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) while preserving their distinctive identities. Method: A qualitative multisite case study was conducted at Universitas Ibrahimy (UNIB) Situbondo, Universitas Nurul Jadid (UNUJA) Probolinggo, and Universitas Darussalam (UNIDA) Gontor Ponorogo. Data were generated through in-depth interviews with 21 purposively selected institutional leaders and quality-assurance actors, participant observations of quality meetings and audits, and analysis of institutional quality documents. We conducted within-case analysis, followed by cross-site pattern matching using iterative data condensation, display, and verification. Results: All three institutions implement the PPEPP cycle, Internal Quality Audits (AMI), Management Review Meetings (RTM), and tiered quality structures, yet they enact these mechanisms through three context-specific configurations: adaptive-traditional at UNIB, standardization-integrative at UNUJA, and total-integrative at UNIDA. Key enablers include dual-authority leadership, ethical commitments to khidmah, itqan, and amanah, trained auditors, and digital monitoring platforms; constraints include compliance fatigue, uneven digital literacy, role overload, and fragmented administrative data. Novelty: To develop a Contextual-Integrative Quality Pathway showing how regulatory quality architectures become substantive when translated through pesantren ethical capital, thereby linking formal assurance mechanisms with locally legitimate practices of continuous improvement and SDG 4.
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