294 FAKTOR-FAKTOR DETERMINAN PERAN DOSEN DALAM PENJAMINAN MUTU PERGURUAN TINGGI Bambang Sumardjoko FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta (e-mail: bsmardjoko@yahoo.co.id; HP: 08122685062) Abstract: Determinant Factors of Lecturers’ Roles in Quality Assurance in Higher Education. This study aims to (1) find out an empirically tested model of determinant factors of lecturers’ roles in quality assurance in higher education, and (2) investigate contributions of leadership, organization culture, lecturers’ competence, and achievement motivation as individual variables and an aggregate to lecturers’ roles in quality assurance. The sample consisted of 206 lecturers of private universities in the area of Surakarta, selected by the proportional random technique. The data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed by the SEM technique. The results show that, first, the goodness of fit exists between the conceptual model and the empirically tested model (p-value 0.34 > 0.05 and RMSEA 0.01 < 0.05); second, the contributions of leadership, organization culture, lecturers’ competence, and achievement motivation to quality assurance are, respectively, 28.09%, 50.41%, 8.41%, and 5.29%; third, the contribution of the variables as an aggregate is 95%. This implies that to improve lecturers’ roles in quality assurance in higher education, it is necessary to develop visionary leadership, firm organization culture, competent lecturers’ support, and high achievement motivation. Keywords : leadership, organization culture, competence, achievement motivation, lecturers’ roles PENDAHULUAN Globalisasi menjadikan masyarakat dunia semakin terhubungkan satu sama lain dalam berbagai kehidupan, berdi- mensi politik, teknologi, sosial budaya, dan ekonomi (Giddens, 2001:5). Karena itu, negara yang tidak memiliki basis keunggulan berbanding (comparative ad- vantage) dan keunggulan bersaing (com- petitive advantage) dipastikan akan ter- gilas oleh negara lain, yang pada gilir- annya secara internasional akan me- nempatkan negara tersebut pada posisi terbelakang. Arus globalisasi menjadi sangat de- ras karena adanya berbagai temuan da- lam bidang teknologi komunikasi dan informasi. Bahkan, arus globalisasi te- lah mengubah tata perekonomian du- nia, lalu lintas, dan karakteristik ling- kungan bisnis. Perubahan tersebut ber- langsung cepat sehingga hasilnya ter- kadang sulit diprediksi. Bangsa Indo- nesia tidak mungkin menghindari per- ubahan tersebut. Oleh karena itu, di- sadari atau pun tidak disadari masya- rakat Indonesia saat ini pada hakikat-