Information and communication technology application improved higher education accreditation management

Abstract

Higher education study program undergoes periodic feasibility assessment on nine accreditation standards compliance held by the National Higher Education Accreditation Board (BAN-PT). The process consists of three stages: evaluation of data and information, determination of accreditation status, and monitoring of accreditation status. However, presently data and information collection use manual methods that slow down the process and sometimes create inconsistencies. This study aims to take advantage of the information and communication technology (ICT) by developing a web-based undergraduate study program accreditation information system called Simaprosa. The developed system used two iterations of the prototyping method and utilized the Laravel 5.5 framework. Further, the developed system was tested using the black box method. The results of this study were that Simaprosa facilitated higher education study programs in managing and collecting data to satisfy nine accreditation standards: 1. Vision, Mission, Goals, and Strategies; 2. Governance and Cooperation; 3. Students Affair; 4. Human Resources; 5. Finance, Facilities; Infrastructure, and Information Systems; 6. Learning Systems; 7. Research; 8. Community Services; and 9. Results and Latest Achievements. Users' feedback results showed that all functions were satisfying according to users' needs. Remind that users of Simaprosa followed the department and faculty organizational structures. On department level, the users comprised of Department Head, Department Secretary, Education Commission, Administration Head, and Treasurer. On the faculty level, the users comprise of Administration Head and Treasurer. In addition, the department and faculty level were granted personal Admin and Super Admin.