Tata Kelola dan Mutu Perguruan Tinggi Keagamaan Islam Swasta: Studi Kasus STIS Darul Falah Pagutan Mataram dan Rekomendasi Kebijakan

Abstract

Private Islamic higher education institutions (PTKIS) deliver much of Indonesia's Islamic higher education, yet national quality agendas remain largely designed around state institutions. This article examines PTKIS governance and quality through a case study of Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Syariah (STIS) Darul Falah Pagutan Mataram, a pesantren-based college in West Nusa Tenggara applying to become an Islamic institute (IAI). Drawing on institutional documents (conversion proposal data, SINTA profiles, faculty publication records, and the status of the institutional journal), regulations, and national policy data, analysed through a multi-level governance framework, the study finds an adequate lecturer–student ratio (27 lecturers for 483 students, about 1:18) alongside five constraints: four study programmes against the six required for an institute, only five administrative staff (about 1:97 students), a library of 957 books (about two per student), research output poorly captured in SINTA, and an institutional journal ranked SINTA 6. These constraints reflect structural PTKIS problems: dependence on foundations, limited public funding, and largely administrative quality assurance. The article recommends institutional measures (internal quality assurance, performance data management, and a programme roadmap) and policy measures (needs-based funding and accreditation support for small PTKIS, and conversion assessments that weigh quality rather than size alone).